Chocolate Chip Cookies (Anne Spencer)

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 2 cups chopped pecans (optional, and I don’t usually add them)