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Heidi's everything-chip cookies:
Ingredients:

* 2 1/4 cups and four tablespoons all-purpose flour
* 1 rounded teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
* 3/4 cup granulated sugar
* 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 1/4 cup vegetable oil
* 2 large eggs
* 4 times 1/2 cup each dark chocolate, white chocolate, butterscotch, and peanut butter chips.
* as many more dark chocolate chips as looks good to you, usually about 1/3 cup.

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375° F.

Mix flour, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl cream butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract. Add eggs and oil, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in eveything-chips. Roll by hand 1/8 cup sections into balls and drop onto ungreased baking sheets.

BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes or until solid. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

(I vehemently deny that this is the Toll House recipe with the serial numbers filed off.)



I bake cookies for the holidays because it's the only kitchen-thing I've always known how to do. And I believe in the power of diversity, so this is an affirmative-action baked good. These are easy to not-screw-up, easy to give away, easy to eat many of. They go well with coffee, milk, orange juice, sushi, pizza, before bed, for breakfast - you can eat them with everything. They're mystic.

These are the cookies that win at life. They rolls straight sixes all the way across the board. Sometimes they roll sevens. If you get that reference, you deserve a cookie. Why don't you go make some?