baci's baking - Mo's Chocolate and Butterscotch Chip Cookies

Several years ago when Ilario and I moved in together, I started the quest for the perfect (according to me) chocolate chip cookie recipe - it needed to be soft, but not too floury or fluffy and firm, but not so much it could break your teeth. I tried several recipes, including everyone's "old reliable" Nestle Toll House formula, with no such luck. So when I stumbled across the delicious combination of ingredients in my KitchenAid Stand Mixer's Recipe Book I added my own special ingredient and they became perfect (according to me, Mo)! Enjoy!!

Mo's Chocolate and Butterscotch Chip Cookies

adapted from KitchenAid recipe

1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1½ t. vanilla
1 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
3 cup all-purpose flour
6 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
6 oz. butterscotch chips

1) Preheat oven to 375°F.

2) Place sugars, butter, eggs and vanilla in mixer bowl. Attach bowl and flat beater to mixer. Turn to Speed 2 and mix about 30 seconds. Stop and scrape bowl. Turn to Speed 4 and beat about 30 seconds. Stop and scrape bowl.

3) Turn to Stir Speed. Gradually add baking soda, salt and flour to sugar mixture and mix about two minutes. Turn to Speed 2 and mix about 30 seconds. Stop mixer and scrape bowl.

4) Add chocolate chips. Turn to Stir Speed and mix about 15 seconds.

5) Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets, about 2 inches apart.

6) Bake for 10-12 minutes.

7) Remove from baking sheets immediately and cool on wire racks.

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