Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray.
In a medium sized bowl (using hand mixer or kitchen aid), cream together the softened butter, white sugar, and brown sugar for one minute.
Then add in each egg, one by one, and using your mixer. Cream in the vanilla. 
Next, add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and chocolate chips. Using a large spoon stir the cookie mixture together until it is all incorporated, being careful not to over mix. 
Using a 1 or 1 1/2-inch cookie scoop, or two spoons, scoop the cookie dough into balls onto the cookie sheet.
Bake for 8-11 minutes, being careful to take them out as soon as the edges begin to brown up. My first batch usually cooks around 10 minutes. The next batch 8-9 minutes.
After removing from the oven, let cookies sit on the cookie sheet for at least five minutes to cool down. Then move the cookies over to a wire cooling rack.