Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Put in all of the dry ingredients first in a mixing bowl. This will help the flour to stay down while mixing.
Place all the other ingredients in the bowl minus the chocolate chips.
Mix together with a hand mixer.
Fold in the chocolate chips.
Form into 1.5 inch balls. I used just under a 1.5 inch cookie scoop.Therefore, they weren't full balls.
Place balls on cooking sheet with parchment paper.
Press balls some.
Cook for 8-10 minutes. For softer cookies, cook closer to 8 minutes.