Ingredients

2 sticks of butter (not too soft)

½ cup sugar

1 cup packed brown sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

½ tsp salt

1tsp baking soda

2 cups flour

12 oz chocolate chips or 2 cups chopped chocolate

1/1/4 cups chopped nuts

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar. Add vanilla and salt. Add eggs and soda. Then add flour. Blend in nuts and chocolate. Cover and chill for 4 hours or over-night. Do not freeze.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Use 2 to 3 Tbls. of dough for each cookie (5 cookies per greased cookie sheet). Bake 10 min. until the center of cookie springs back slightly when very lightly touched. Cook on sheet 2 min. Remove to paper towels for 2 min., then onto a rack to finish cooling. Repeat with cooled sheets.