Guittards The Original Chocolate Chip Cookie

I love this recipe!. First time I read it from the blog I love ,Lick The Bowl Good . I love Guittards, but they are a bit pricey for me (mama on a budget) so I found awesome substitute :). I got Private Selection Belgian semi sweet chocolate chips, you could find it at Smith's grocery store. They are part of Kroger's brand. I love that it made from Belgian chocolate liquor, it makes me feel fancy :D. You could also use Guittard ofcourse, they are so delicious!.

Yield: 7 dozen 2- inch cookies

21/4 cups unsifted all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1cup butter, softened

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste

2 cups semi sweet chocolate chip

Direction:

Preheat oven to 370 degree F.

In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

In large bowl, cream butter, sugar and brown sugar

until ligh. Beat in eggs and vanilla until smooth. Gradually add flour mixture until combined. Stir in chips.

Drop by well rounded teaspoonfull onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.

The changes I made:

1. I always use Smart Balance instead butter. Gotta save a bit calories :).

2. I only use brown sugar, but add little bit more.

3. I use vanilla bean paste instead of vanilla extract. For me it taste stronger, I got Nielsen-Massey vanilla bean paste for cheap at Ross. Love it!

4. Sometimes I substitute the chocolate chips with white chocolate chips and add strawberries, yum ^_^.

Try it, and let me know :). Here is the picture of the cookies, I used ice cream scoop so the cookies are bigger. I apologize for the bad picture quality, because I use Ipad :(.