Preheat the Oven: The first step is preheating the oven to a temperature of 375 degrees Fahrenheit or 190 degrees Celsius.
Mix Dry Ingredients: In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt for now.
Cream Butter and Sugars: In a big bowl, combine and thaw butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract till it is all blended and creamy.
Add Eggs: Like, break an egg, add it into the mixture and beat well. Do it for every egg you have.
Combine Ingredients: Beat in the flour mixture a little at a time until it is just moistened. If desired, stir in the chocolate chips and nuts.
Scoop Dough: Take a rounded tablespoon of batter, make sure to lift the dough up and touch this on the ungreased sheets.
Bake: The Cookies are put to bake for 9-11 minutes in an oven. For softer cookies 9 minutes are sufficient; if you want crispier cookies, then bake for 11 minutes.
Cool: Finally, cool the cookies on the baking sheet for two minutes, lift the sheet and place them on wire racks to cool.