| 1 | Heat oven to 375 °Fahrenheit. |
| 2 | Stir together flour, baking soda and salt. |
| 3 | In large bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla with electric mixer until creamy. |
| 4 | Add eggs; beat well. |
| 5 | Gradually add flour mixture, beating well. |
| 6 | Stir in chocolate chips and nuts, if desired. |
| 7 | Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. |
| 8 | Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. |
| 9 | Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. |
| 10 | Cool completely. |
| 11 | About 5 dozen cookies. |
| 12 | classic chocolate chocolate chip cookies: add 1/3 cup hershey"s cocoa to flour mixture. |
| 13 | pan recipe: spread batter in greased 15-˝x10-˝x1-inch jelly-roll pan. |
| 14 | Bake at 375 °Fahrenheit 20 minutes or until lightly browned. |
| 15 | Cool completely; cut into bars. |
| 16 | About 4 dozen bars. |
| 17 | skor & chocolate chip cookies: use 1 cup finely chopped skor bars and 1 cup hershey"s semi-sweet chocolate chips in place of 2 cups chocolate chips; omit nuts. |
| 18 | Drop and bake as directed. |
| 19 | ice cream sandwich: press one small scoop of vanilla ice cream between two cookies. |
| 20 | high altitude directions |
| 21 | increase flour to 2-2/3 cups. |
| 22 | Decrease baking soda to ?teaspoon. |
| 23 | Decrease granulated sugar to 2/3 cup. |
| 24 | Decrease packed light brown sugar to 2/3 cup. |
| 25 | Add ?teaspoon water with flour. |
| 26 | Bake at 375 °Fahrenheit, 5 to 7 minutes or until top is light golden with golden brown edges. |
| 27 | hershey"s is a registered trademark of hershey foods corporation. |
| 28 | Recipe may be reprinted courtesy of the hershey kitchens. |
| 29 | meal-master compatible format by: karen mintzias |
