One day it hit me that this recipe from my childhood would make a great boat recipe. I could make up a log of cookies that would be ready whenever Ben and I wanted something sweet. You just take the log out of the freezer, cut off the number of cookies you want to cook and put the rest back in the freezer for a later date! Wonderful!

Ingredients (easy to make ½ recipe)

1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 light brown sugar (I didn’t have brown sugar, but I had demerara sugar, which is sort of light brown)

3 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 eggs

1 cup mini chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Cream the butter and sugars in a large bowl with a handheld electric mixer. Add the eggs, vanilla, and salt, and continue to beat until light and fluffy.
2. Gradually add the flour with the mixer on low and blend in, then do the same for the chocolate chips.
3. Chill the dough for about 30 minutes to an hour, until firm enough to shape.
4. Divide the dough into two portions and form each into a log, wrap in waxed paper or plastic wrap and refrigerate again, this time for at least 4 hours, or until very firm.
5. When ready to bake, line baking sheets with parchment paper and heat oven to 350 degrees F.
6. Cut cookies about 1/4 -inch thick and spaced about an inch apart from each other on baking sheets. Bake for about 9-11 minutes until lightly brown on edges. My cookies were cut slightly thicker and took about 12 minutes.
7. Remove from oven and let cool on baking sheet on wire racks for a minute or so until more firm as it cools.
8. Store in an airtight container.

Can freeze uncooked dough for 3 months or keep in fridge for no more than a week.

Based on recipe from The Spruce Eats

Great little rechargeable mixer that last a looooong time between charges.

You can purchase KitchenAid Cordless 7 Speed Hand Mixer from Amazon.

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