Doubled the recipe before reading the comments and was afraid for a minutes that I wasted all those ingredients…. BUT! They turned out great!! Used my mixer and really let it go to town to get the sugar dissolved (which didn’t happen, there’s so much sugar!), and cooked about 13 mins instead of 8-10. They came out fluffy and soft, not bitter at all (it’s the baking soda that makes them bitter, btw), and really more like cake than a cookie. Satisfied! I’ll make them again.