QandAs: Food

Barbara Bush's Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients
2	tablespoon	& 1 cup flour, sifted
1/2	teaspoon	baking soda
1/2	teaspoon	salt
1/2	cup	butter, softened
1/3	cup	brown sugar, firmly packed
1/3	cup	sugar
1	each	egg
1 1/2	teaspoon	water, very hot
1/2	teaspoon	vanilla
1	cup	chocolate chips,semisweet

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375F. Grease baking sheets with vegetable oil. Sift flour, baking soda and salt on waxed paper. Beat butter, sugar and egg in large bowl till fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in hot water and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture until blended and smooth. Drop dough by well rounded teaspoonfuls on prepared baking sheets. Bake in 375F oven till golden, about 10 minutes. Cook on sheets on wire rack to cool completely. Makes about 3 dozen cookies