Chocolate Chip Cookies

When I first started baking vegan, I was having a hard time with cookie recipes, but thank goodness for Nora, who developed this consistently great one. It's the most straightforward recipe I've come across for excellent chocolate chip cookies.

Use block or stick butter such as Earth Balance, not tub. The firmer butter holds its shape better during creaming, so the cookies spread less and come out chewier.

Also, walnuts. I've made it both ways, and the batches with walnuts always go faster than the ones without. If you add them, use half a cup of chopped walnuts in place of about half a cup of the chocolate chips.