Thin and Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies

I love a big fat cookie, but I also love these thin chocolate chippers.  I guess I just love it all! 

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 1/4 cups unsalted butter, softened

1 1/4 cups granulated sugar

3/4 cup packed light brown sugar

1 tsp salt

2 tsp pure vanilla extract

2 large eggs

1 bag (12 oz) semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Whisk together flour and baking soda in a small bowl; set aside.  Put butter and sugars in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.  Reduce speed to low.  Add salt, vanilla, 1/4 cup water, and the eggs.  Mix until combined, about 1 minute.  Add flour mixture and mix until just combined.  Stir in chocolate chips.  Drop heaping tablespoon-size balls of dough about 2 inches apart on parchment lined baking sheets.  Bake cookies, rotating sheets halfway through, until golden brown (20 minutes).  Let cool on baking sheet on wire rack for 1-2 minutes and then transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely.