Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
Okay, this is totally untraditional, but trust me on it!!
Add flour and baking soda to mixing bowl, stir
Soften room temperature butter in microwave with defrost button, for about 15 seconds. You don't want it to be completely melted and not too hot.
Add butter to mixer and turn on to lowest speed.
Add sugars, keep your mixer on the lowest speed.
Add vanilla and eggs.
Once cookie dough is completely mixed, remove from mixer and add crushed candy cane and chocolate chips. Fold these in by hand.
Scoop cookie dough onto baking sheets, with even space between cookies. It's hard to describe the size, I use a small spoon to scoop and then just slide it off. I don't shape them, flatten them, roll them - nothing. Just leave as they are. You should get about 30 of them, depending on how much dough you eat!
Bake for 10 minutes. You may need more time, but only add about a minute at a time. Cookies will continue to bake on the hot pan when you take them out, so if they look like they are still soft - this is a good thing!
Remove from oven and let cool with the baking sheet on top of a cooling rack until the cookies are cool enough to transfer.