Ms. Estrada plans to take 36 chocolate chip cookies to sell at a bake sale. She wants to bake enough to keep at least 24 cookies for her cookie jar at home.

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To ensure that Ms. Estrada has at least 24 cookies for her cookie jar at home, she needs to bake an additional 24 cookies to keep for herself.

Therefore, she needs to bake a total of 36 + 24 = <<36+24=60>>60 chocolate chip cookies.