This is probably my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe.  It's easy, and doesn't make a zillion cookies like so many recipes do.  This picture doesn't do the cookies justice, I promise!!  These are not your average run of the mill cookies!  I added a few of my own tweeks to the recipe in italics.

My Big, Fat Chocolate Chip Cookies

By:  Tyler Florence

Taken from:  Foodnetwork.com

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt (I use Kosher salt, which adds a little salty bite to the cookies that is delish!)
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (I always triple the vanilla in any chocolate chip cookie recipe I make.)
• 2 large eggs
• 1 (8-ounce) block dark chocolate, coarsely chopped (I add 1/2 of a bag of Chocolate Chips instead.)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper (or use a silicone mat). Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl and set aside (I skip this step, and my cookies always turn out just fine).

Place the butter, sugar, and brown sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer; cream together on medium speed until light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Beat in the vanilla and eggs. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and continue to mix until a smooth batter forms. Turn off the mixer and fold in the chocolate chunks using the spatula.

To form the cookies, scoop about 1/4 cup of cookie dough into your hands and roll it around into a ball; place them about 3-inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets; you should get about 4 cookies on each pan. Press down the tops of the dough slightly and bake until the cookies are light brown, 12 minutes for chewy cookies, or about 15 minutes for crispy cookies.

Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough/cookie sheets.