Heidi's Chocolate Chip Cookies

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1. 01

   Preheat oven to 320 degrees

2. 02

   Adjust rack to upper 1/3 of your oven

3. 03

   Mix flour, salt & baking soda in a bowl

4. 04

   Mix melted butter & both sugars until blended. Mix in whole egg & egg yolk. Mix in vanilla. Gradually add the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. (If my dough looks too thin at this point, I add extra flour - it's a matter of preference. Dough that is more firm will result in a thicker cookie). Stir in chocolate chips (and nuts if you are adding).

5. 05

   Scoop dough onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake and be sure to rotate the cookie sheet halfway through the baking time. Depending on the size of your cookie, your oven and your preference of doneness, baking will take anywhere from 10 minutes to maybe 20 for a big cookie. Remove the cookie sheet from the oven when the edges are slightly golden. The middle might still appear pretty soft or underdone. If you find your cookies are getting TOO dark on the edges before the middles are truly done, you might want to try reducing your oven temp 5 or 10 degrees.

6. 06

   Remove cookies from the oven and slide your parchment off the cookie sheet, right onto your cooling rack. Let cookies finish cooling