Chocolate Chip Cookie Obsession!

One of my grand fixations-chocolate chip cookies-have been perfected through numerous trials and taste tests (of course). Extra gym excursions are imperative at this lusciously, full-bodied juncture. Makes 20 cookies:

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2 sticks unsalted butter-room temp

1/3 cup + 2 1/2 T brown sugar

1 1/2 T confectioners sugar

1 t salt

2 t orange infused oil

1/2 t vanilla extract

1 orange-zested

2 eggs

2 1/4 cups AP flour 

baking soda

2 1/4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chunks (62% cocoa)

1/3 cup toasted almonds-roughly chopped

cooking spray

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1. Preheat oven to 375F. 

2. Using the paddle attachment, mix the butter and both sugars until combined.

3. Add salt, orange oil, vanilla extract, zest, and eggs; mix well.

4. Sift the flour and baking soda together and add [in thirds] to the mixing bowl. 

5. Take the bowl out of the stand and add the chocolate and almonds, incorporating by hand. 

6. Scoop 2 tablespoons of dough for each cookie and shape into rounds. Place cookies on a sprayed baking sheet. Bake for 15-18 minutes, until the cookies begin to brown.
**NOTE: substitute dried fruit (cranberries, currants, strawberries, etc) for the chocolate, should you prefer; alternatively, add the dried fruit to the mix!