The Best Multi-Purpose Cookie Dough Ever

1 c butter, softened
1 c dark brown sugar
1/2 c white sugar
2 eggs
2 t vanilla
1 t baking soda
3 c flour
2 1/2 c of your favorite addition (chocolate chips, M&Ms, etc.)

Cream together butter, dark brown sugar and white sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix in baking soda and flour. If you are making one kind of cookie, add 2 1/2 cups of your favorite addition. If you are making two different kinds of cookies, split the dough in half. Mix in 1 1/4 cups of your favorite addition to one-half of the dough, and then mix 1 1/4 cups of your other favorite addition to the other half of the cookie dough.

Bake at 315 degrees for 17-19 minutes.

Another great option is white chocolate chip, cranberry, macadamia nut cookies. Instead of 2 1/2 of your favorite addition, add 1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips, 1 1/2 cups craisins, and 3/4 cups macadamia nuts to the dough.

I sampled these cookies this week at a Relief Society cooking class and they taste just like the cookies at Kneaders or Mrs. Fields. They are really good!