Instructions:

• Preheat the oven to 325°.
• Combine the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar. Mix until creamy. You can use a stand mixer, hand mixer or do it like Mrs. Patti and mix it by hand.
• Add the milk, vanilla and egg. Mix until completely incorporated. Do not over mix.
• Sift the flour, salt and baking soda together. Add to the wet ingredients 1 cup at a time. The first cup of flour does not need to be incorporated in order to add the next cup. Doing that will lead to over mixing, making your cookie too dense. Add it only as slowly as it takes to not make a mess. Once all the flour is added, mix until incorporated. Again, do not over mix.
• By hand, stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts if you are choosing to add them.
• Use a tablespoon to scoop out a ball of dough and roll it in your hands. Place on an un-greased cookie sheet. If the dough is sticking to your hands, mix in an extra ¼ cup of all-purpose flour. Mix until incorporated. Repeat as necessary.
• Bake for 8 -11 mins. They won’t feel or look done, but they are! Once they’ve baked for 8 - 11 minutes you’ll notice that the shine is gone from the cookie dough.  This is the sweet spot, take them out. They shouldn’t be browned at all. One important thing to note is that altitude has a huge impact on baking times. If you’ve done step 7 exactly as written and your cookies are not done, bake them 1 - 2 minutes longer until you’ve reached the desired result.
• Let the cookies sit on the cookie sheet for 10 mins then transfer them to a wire rack to finish cooling. If you’re impatient like me and try to transfer them right away you’re going to be very very sad. Be patient my friend.