Mary's other Chocolate chip cookies

Yesterday, the 12 year neighbor boy came over and asked to borrow 3/4 c butter. He said they were making cookies. Adria said they are making the good chocolate chip cookies. I asked her if it was different than the recipe we got from Mary last year. She said, yes these are better!. So later when Adria went to Marian's house to play, I told her to get the recipe. Adria says it's from a cookbook that Mary made herself, so I'm not sure if it's her recipe or a family members. Adria tried to take a picture with her cell phone. But sadly, her cell phone photography abilities leave a lot to be desired and the picture is rather blurry. So I did my best to decipher it, and this is what I believe it says. (It makes me think of the struggles they had translating the Bible, and how they had to guess at some words - I totally know how they felt. Hope I didn't change the recipe too much on accident. Ha ha ha!)

My Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

These chocolate chip cookies have been my go to for almost 10 years. They are fail proof in my mind! They always turn out thick and chewy. You can make them small for a group or giant and they still turn out great. I love everything about these cookies! They stay soft for days, because the butter to flour ratio is so high. My secret for keeping them soft is taking them out of the oven the second you see any brown appear on top. Even the tinniest bit. Then leave them on the tray for at least 10 minutes, so they can slightly cook a little more without browning any more. When they come out, they won't be done at all. But in my experience, if you wait until they're all the way done, they will be rock hard once they cool. Just take them out early... They will be delicious!

3/4 c butter softened
3/4 c brown sugar
1/2 c white sugar
1 egg
3/4 tsp vanilla
2 c flour
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp baking soda
2 c chocolate chips

Cream butter and sugars in stand mixer for 2-3 minutes. Add egg and vanilla and keep beating for 1 (I really can't see the number here) min. Meanwhile in a separate bowl mix flour, salt and baking soda. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet mixture and cream. Then add the chocolate chips and... (mix quickly??) ...until incorporated.

Bake at 365 degrees for 7 to  9 minutes, until ..... (slightly brown on top???)... Then remove from oven and let cool on cookie sheet for ten minutes (I think that's what is says... and I can't read the last sentence. NUTS!)


Update:  Mary later sent me a clear picture of the recipe. THANK YOU MARY! And I did really good at guessing. The time to cook I had as 7-8 instead of "7-9 minutes, first sign of brown on top," so I fixed that. I had a "when they cool" instead of "once they cool" and a few periods instead of exclamation points. And the last sentence says, "Transfer to cooling rack.

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