Cookie Monster's Cookie Dough Recipe

"You may have only seen me eating cookies but sometimes I make them too!" - Cookie Monster

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter or margarine, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking flour
• 1 teaspoon salt

1. Put 3/4 cup of butter or margarine (that's a stick and a half) into your mixing bowl.
2. Measure 1 cup of sugar.
3. Pour sugar over butter.
4. With fork, squash butter and sugar together until they are blended.
5. Crack open two eggs and pour eggs over mixture in bowl.
6. Measure 1 teaspoon vanilla and pour over mixture.
7. With fork, blend everything in the bowl together.
8. Measure 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour and pour over mixture in bowl.
9. Measure 1 teaspoon baking powder and sprinkle over flour.
10. Measure 1 teaspoon of salt and sprinkle over flour and baking powder.
11. Mix everything together either with the fork or with your hands.
12. Put dough in icebox to chill (at least one hour).