Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are simply the best chocolate chip cookie I've made! They are a great treat, easy and delicious. Freeze well for lunches and snacks too!

2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 cup butter (softened) or Crisco/butter combination if your running a bit low on butter!

3/4 cup white sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar (packed)

1 tsp vanilla (or more to suit taste)

2 eggs

2 cups milk chocolate chips (that's a bag of about 326g)

1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Preheat oven: to 375 degrees

1. Cream butter, sugars, vanilla and eggs.

2. Add flour, soda, salt.

3. Mix thoroughly add chocolate chips (and nuts if using them).

4. On greased cookie sheet (or parchment lined cookie sheet), drop by teaspoonful size.

5. Bake for about 9 minutes.

6. Remove from pan and cool. Store in airtight container or freezer containers.

TIP: Watch the BOTTOM of the cookies not the tops to check for when they are done. Cookie bottoms should be golden brown. The top of the cookie may look unbaked, but will finish baking... if you remove the cookies when the tops look 'done' or golden, the bottoms will be darker, and the cookie will be crunchier. For soft cookies, remove when bottoms are golden.

Makes about 5 dozen cookies. Cookies are about 1 1/2" when baked.

Make these on a rain or snow day when you're stuck inside and freeze them for picnics, school lunches, midnight snacks or just because you'd like a cookie!

Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies

These cookies are great fresh or from the freezer! Delicious and easy to make. Kids can help decorate them if they can resist eating them first!

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1 Tbsp milk

1/2 tsp vanilla (or other flavour if you choose: almond, maple, etc)

2 eggs (separated- Beat yolks together. Stiffly beat egg whites together, set aside)

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

2 cups flour

Preheat oven: to 350 degrees

1. Cream butter and sugar. Add beaten egg yolk, flour, baking powder, salt, milk and stiffly beaten egg whites. (this makes the cookies light and tasty!)

2. Add enough more flour to make consistency to roll out the dough.

3. Roll out dough and cut with cookie cutters.

4. Decorate with sprinkles or sugar then bake for 10 minutes.

By far the best sugar cookie recipe I have found! Freezes very well and decorating is only limited to your imagination and creativity!