The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

I have always loved to bake cookies. I still have the cookbooks of my childhood, those that were inscribed by my mom to her "little Martha Stewart," and sprinkled with splattered batter, evidence of frequent use.A Kitchen Aid mixer, it's flour shield, a hand shifter, the perfect sized dough scoop and a grid cooling rack. These were my toys.My mom had the perfect cookie plate: Lester Breininger Redware with "Chocolate Chip Cookies" in yellow script across the center.About ten years ago, I was gifted the most perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe from my aunt Rosalyn. People request it. I've taught my step-daughter to make them; she calls the "scratch cookies." And I've never tired of making them. Today, I gift the recipe to you.