*Mr.+Ziegelbauer

Mr. Ziegelbauer's Chocolate Chip Recipe
Makes 60 Cookies

Ingredients

 * 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
 * 1 teaspoon baking soda
 * 1/2 teaspoon salt
 * 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
 * 3/4 cup granulated sugar
 * 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
 * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
 * 2 eggs
 * 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) Chocolate Chips

Directions
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 * 1) 1. Heat oven to 375°F.
 * 1) 2. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Add eggs; beat well. Gradually add flour mixture, beating well. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet.
 * 1) 3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. About 5 dozen cookies.

=How to Double the Recipe (from 60 to 120 cookies)=
 * 4-1/2 cups all purpose flour
 * convert 2-1/4 cups to an improper fraction of 9/4 cup. Then multiply by 2/1 to get 18/4 cups. Simplify to 4-2/4 cups, which is 4-1/2 cups of all purpose flour.
 * 2 teaspoons baking soda
 * multiply 1 teaspoon by 2. The result is 2 teaspoons of baking soda.
 * 1 teaspoon salt
 * multiply 1/2 teaspoon by 2/1 to get 2/2 teaspoons. Simplify, the result is 1 teaspoon of salt.
 * 2 cups (4 sticks) butter, softened
 * Multiply 2 cups by 2
 * multiply 2 sticks by 2. The result is 4 sticks of butter.
 * 1-1/2 cup granulated sugar
 * multiply 3/4 cup by 2. The result is 1-1/2 cup of granulated sugar.
 * 1-1/2 cup light brown sugar
 * multiply 3/4 cup by 2. The result is 1-1/2 cup of light brown sugar.
 * 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
 * multiply 1 teaspoon by 2. The result is 2 teaspoons of vanilla
 * 4 eggs
 * multiply 2 eggs by 2. The result is 4 eggs.
 * 4 cups chocolate chips
 * multiply 2 cups by 2. The result is 4 cups.

=How to Cut the Recipe in Half (from 60 to 120 cookies)=
 * 1-1/8 cups all purpose flour
 * convert 2-1/4 cups to an improper fraction of 9/4 cups. Then multiply by 1/2 (All the ingreedients will be multiplied by 1/2 because that is the same as dividing by 2) to get 9/8 cups. Simplify to 1-1/8 cups, which is 1-1/8 cups of all purpose flour.
 * 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
 * multiply 1 teaspoon by 1/2. The result is 1/2 teaspoons of baking soda.
 * 1/4 teaspoon salt
 * multiply 1/2 teaspoon by 1/2 to get 1/4 teaspoon, which is 1 teaspoon of salt.
 * 1/2 cups (2 sticks) butter, softened
 * multiply 1 cup by 1/2. The result is 1/2 cup butter.
 * multiply 2 sticks by 1/2. The result is 1 stick of butter.
 * 3/8 cup granulated sugar
 * multiply 3/4 cup by 1/2. The result is 3/8 cup of granulated sugar.
 * 3/8 cup light brown sugar
 * multiply 3/4 cup by 1/2. The result is 3/8 cup of light brown sugar.
 * 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
 * multiply 1 teaspoon by 1/2. The result is 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
 * 1 eggs
 * multiply 2 eggs by 1/2. The result is 1 egg.
 * 1 cup chocolate chips
 * multiply 2 cups by 1/2. The result is 1 cup.