Recipe: Chewy Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookies (Land O Lakes recipe)

CHEWY JUMBO CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

4 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 (12 ounce) package (2 cups) real semi-sweet chocolate chunks or chocolate chips

Heat oven to 375 degrees F.

Combine flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda in medium bowl; set aside.

Combine butter, sugar and brown sugar in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla. Continue beating, scraping bowl often, until well mixed.

Reduce speed to low. Beat, gradually adding flour mixture, until well mixed. Stir in chocolate chunks. Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets.

Bake for 10 to 14 minutes or until light golden brown. (DO NOT OVERBAKE.) Let stand 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to cooling rack.

VARIATION:

FOR 2 1/2-INCH COOKIES:
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown. (Makes 4 dozen cookies)

Makes 26 jumbo cookies
Source: Package label recipe: Land O'Lakes butter package