Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies

2 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar 
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
1 tsp. each baking soda and hot water
1 cup chopped nuts
2 packages (6 oz. each) semisweet chocolate chips

Sift flour and salt together.  Beat butter, sugars, and vanilla in a large bowl until smooth and well blended.  Beat in eggs, one at a time. Dissolve soda in water and add to creamed mixture.  Stir in flour mixture.  Stir in nuts, chocolate, and vanilla.  Drop dough by rounded tablespoonsful onto greased cookie sheets.  Bake in preheated 375 degrees oven for 10 minutes or until golden brown.  Cool two minutes in pan.  Remove to wire rack to cool completely.