---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05 Title: World's Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Categories: Cookies Yield: 72 servings 1 lb Butter; softened 2 c Brown sugar 1 1/2 c Granulated sugar 3 lg Eggs; room temp 2 tb Vanilla 1 1/2 ts Salt 1 1/2 ts Baking soda 6 c All-purpose flour 24 oz Chocolate chips 1 1/2 c Pecans; chopped Recipe by: Linda in Corona, CA Preparation Time: 2:00 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cream the butter and sugars together in a large bowl. Add the eggs and the vanilla and beat thoroughly. In a separate bowl, sift together the salt, soda and flour. Mix the flour mixture into the liquid mixture one third at a time, to form the dough. Add the semi-sweet chocolate chips and the nuts to the cookie dough. Fold in by hand until well mixed. Drop the cookie dough onto parchment-lined cookie sheets by the tablespoon full. Bake in a preheated 350 degree F. oven for 10 to 12 minutes. BAKE NO MORE THAN 12 MINUTES! Do not brown or cookies will dry out too much!! NOTES : This recipe makes absolutely wonderful cookies! Tested and true, always a hit with kids and even the biggest kids. The recipe makes a HUGE batch, so it may be advisable to cut the recipe in half for most occasions. -----