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Drop cookies

Mom's cooking planner, August 22, referencing Joy of Cooking Nov 29, 2014.

Makes 3 dozen.

I used smarties from Bulk Barn instead of chocolate chips in the batch made for the preview picture.

Ingredients

  • butter, 1/2 cup
  • white sugar, 1/2 cup
  • brown sugar, 1/2 cup
  • vanilla extract, 1/2 tsp
  • flour, 1 cup + 2 tbsp
  • salt, 1/2 tsp
  • baking soda, 1/2 tsp
  • egg, 1
  • chocolate chips (semisweet), 1/2 cup

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375f
  2. Cream the butter
  3. Add the white and brown sugar gradually and beat until creamy
  4. Beat in the egg and the vanilla extract
  5. Sift and stir in the flour, salt, and baking soda
  6. Stir in the chocolate chips
  7. Drop the batter from a tsp, well apart, on greased cookie sheet
  8. Bake for 8 minutes, cool on pan