The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cream together:
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar


Beat in:
1 egg
1-1/2 tsp. vanilla


Sift together:
2-1/4 cups flour
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt

Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
Stir in up to 1-cup chocolate chips and an optional 1/2 cup chopped nuts.
Refrigerate dough for 1/2 hr.
Scoop onto an ungreased or parchment lined cookie sheet.
Bake 8-9 minutes at 375 degrees.
Enjoy!!!!