Cookie recipes I ♥ from my undergraduate days

Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe - pic by my bff Rhoda Avanzado-Phillips

Here are two proven and tested cookie recipes that was taught by my ND teacher. This is my ultimate favorite recipe of oatmeal cookies. The chocolate chip cookies are also delicious. I usually bake this for Christmas to give to family and close friends.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

(Mrs. Field's Recipe)

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup dark brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 cup salted butter, softened

2 large eggs

2 tsps vanila extract

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

• Preheat oven to 300degF.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, soda and salt. Mix well with a wire whisk.
• In a medium bowl with an electric mixer, blend sugars at a medium speed. Add butter and mix to form a grainy paste, scraping down the sides of the bowl. Add eggs and vanilla extract, and mix at a medium speed until just blended. Do not overmix.
• Add the flour mixture and chocolate chips, and blend at low speed until just mixed. Do not overmix.
• Add the flour mixture and chocolate chips, and blend at low speed until just mixed. Do not overmix.
• Drop the dough by rounded tablespoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart. Bake for 18-22 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer cookies immediately to a cool surface with a spatula.

Makes about 3 1/2 dozens.

OATMEAL COOKIES

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup refined sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1 cup oats

1/2 cup chopped cashew nuts

1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate pieces

• Sift flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• Cream butter with sugar. Add the egg then mix thoroughly until well-blended.
• Add the flour mixture then the oats, nuts and chocolate pieces.
• Drop into oiled cookie sheet by teaspoon. Bake at 375degF for 20 minutes.