Chocolate Chip Cookies

My dear friend was coming to the country for just a day. I wanted to give her something to take back for her kids. I decided to bake her cookies, something that I had always told her I would. I found this recipe at joyofbaking. The cookies turned out absolute perfect, and now I am scrambling to save them for my friend as my kids and hubby are gobbling them up faster than I can say cookie!

You need:

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup granulated white sugar
• 1/4 cup heaped firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 large egg - I used a regular egg, that's what I had at home
• 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 heaped cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup finely chopped nuts - I used walnuts, pistachios, cashew nuts and almonds

Steps:

• In a bowl combine the flour, baking soda and salt.
• In a separate bowl, with a stand mixer or a hand mixer, beat the butter till smooth and creamy. Add the white and brown sugar and beat for approximately 2 mins till fluffy.
• Add the egg and beat well. Add vanilla and beat till incorporated. Scrape the sides down as required.
• Add the dry ingredients to the egg and beat till well mixed. Mid way add the chocolate chips and the nuts.
• In case the dough is soft, cover and refrigerate between 30 minutes to 2 hours until firm.
• Preheat the oven to 190degrees C. 
• Line a baking tray with parchment paper and place spoonfuls of the dough at about 1.5inch gaps.
• Bake for about 10-14 minutes till the edges are golden brown. Mine got done in about 13 minutes.
• Cool completely on a wire rack.

Notes:

• The original recipe mentioned walnuts or pecans. I used assorted nuts.
• I have halved the original recipe. I made approximately 50 cookies of 1.5" - 2" size with this amount of dough.
• If you like your cookies a tad sweeter, add 2 tbsps extra sugar.
• The original recipe mentions that you can make balls and freeze them by placing them on a parchment paper. Once frozen place the balls in a plastic cover, seal and freeze. When you want to bake them, just place the dough balls on a lined baking tray and let them bake for a few more minutes.