College Care-Package Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies are the most delicious cookies EVER, and they contain wonderful memories and a history of making them with my Mom and friends when I was growing up...

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup butter
3 eggs
3.5 – 3.75 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon salt
baking soda
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2, 12 oz. packages chocolate chips (OR 1 package chocolate chips and 2 cups chopped nuts)

Mix together the brown sugar, granulated sugar, and butter. Add eggs and beat until smooth. Stir together the flour, salt, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Add to sugar-egg mixture, beating until smooth. (If you use the 3.75 cups of flour the dough will be quite stiff, so you can’t really beat the flour mixture in.) Add vanilla, chocolate chips (and nuts if used). Drop rounded spoonfuls on greased baking sheet. Bake at 375° for 10-13 minutes. Take cookies out of oven just before they look done. Cool on rack for 5 minutes.
Makes about 4 dozen.