Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yields:	60 cookies
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	Preparation	20 minutes
	Cooking	15 minutes
	Ready In	40 minutes

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Ingredients

3 1/2	cups	flour, all-purpose
1 1/2	teaspoons	baking soda
1 1/2	teaspoons	salt
2	each	vanilla beans	split length--wise
1 1/2	cups	butter	unsalted, softened
1	cup	brown sugar	firmly packed
2	tablespoons	brown sugar	firmly packed
1	cup	sugar	granulated
2	tablespoons	sugar	granulated
3	large	eggs
1 1/2	teaspoons	vanilla extract
3	cups	chocolate (semi-sweet)	semi-sweet chips
1 1/2	cups	walnuts	chopped

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 F.

In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.

Scrape vanilla bean seeds from pods into standing electric mixer, reserving pods for another use if desired, and add butter and sugars, beating until light and fluffy.

One at a time, beat in eggs, beating well after each addition, and beat in vanilla extract.

Add flour mixture and beat until dough just comes together.

Stir in chocolate chips or chunks and walnuts (do not overmix).

Form dough into 1 1/2 inch balls and arrange about 2 inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheet.

Flatten balls slightly with a metal spatula and bake cookies in batches in middle of the oven until golden, 12 to 15 minutes.

Transfer cookies with spatula to racks to cool.