I'm more of a vanilla/brown butter kinda girl, I rarely involve chocolate in my desserts. For me, this super simple, "plain Jane", cookie is always welcome. It was soft and chewy with cracked, lightly sugared tops, and tasted of pure vanilla and butter. The recipe does have a small edit needed - in the list of ingredients the author mentions baking soda, but in the directions it calls for incorporating baking powder. I double checked her version of these cookies on her website and it is baking soda needed here. My only other problem was that it only made 8 cookies;(