Cookies for a BBQ

We were invited to a friendly BBQ at Liam's old classmate's house.  We decided to bring some chewy chocolate chip cookies.  Duncan and I whipped up a batch with gigantic size chocolate chips.  It really really was one of the best recepies I have ever tried.  Good times!

Becomes about 18 large cookies.

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup packed light-brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups of any chocolate.  We used regular chocolate candy.
• Cookie sheet with baking paper.

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 celcius).
2. Mix flour and baking soda
3. Mix room temperature butter with brown and regular sugar.  Beat until mixed and fluffy.
4. Add eggs, salt and vanilla.  Mix it up.
5. Stir in chocolate chip and get in with your hands if you need to have it all blend well.
6. Drop a heaping tablespoon.  We fit 6 to each cookie sheet.
7. Bake until golden edges but a soft center.  12 min worked for us.  We made a try first so we did not ruin a whole sheet by under or over cooking.  Do the same, save yourself heartache.
8. Remove from oven and cookiesheet, keep it on baking paper.



Cold but sunny...

Cold but super sunny outside. A few hot dogs on a small portable grill, and nothing to clean up after. Brilliant.



Dad eating some carrot sticks, Xavier and Anïas chowing down some grilled hot dogs. Ilïus is no where in sight, he's found a new friend that moved into the neighborhood , so he had very little time to eat.