Kyrgyz Chocolate Chip Cookies

==Ingredients==
* 1 cup softened butter
* ½ cup granulated sugar
* 1½ cups packed brown sugar
* 2 eggs
* 2½ teaspoons vanilla extract
* 2½ cups all-purpose flour
* ¾ teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1½ (12 ounce) bags semi-sweet chocolate chips
==Directions==
# Preheat the oven to 350°F.
# In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla.
# Mix together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
# Combine the wet and dry ingredients.
# Stir in the chocolate chips.
# With your fingers, place golf-ball-size dough portions 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
# Bake for 9 minutes, or until edges are light brown.
# For variations of this cookie, substitute milk chocolate for the semisweet chocolate and/or add 1½ cups of chopped walnuts or macadamia nuts to the recipe before baking.
# Although you can substitute margarine for butter in this recipe, you will have the best results from butter.
# The cookie will have a richer taste and will be crispier around the edges like the original.
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