How to make homemade chocolate chip cookies

This is the perfect recipe for homemade chocolate chip cookies!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• shortening
• butter or margarine
• granulated sugar
• brown sugar
• eggs
• vanilla
• flour
• baking soda
• salt
• semisweet chocolate chips
• large mixing bowl
• hand held mixer
• at least two cookie sheets

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees

2. Mix thoroughly the following ingredients:
   
   2/3 cup shortening
   2/3 cup of butter or margarine
   1 cup of granulated sugar
   1 cup of brown sugar (packed)
   2 eggs
   2 teaspoons of vanilla

3. Stir in the following remaining ingredients:
   
   3 cups of flour
   1 teaspoon of baking soda
   1 teaspoon of salt
   1 12 ounce package of chocolate chips

4. When cookie dough is well mixed, drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet. Each drop should be about 2 inches apart. It is helpful to scoop the dough into the teaspoon and use a knife to push it off the spoon.

5. Bake for about eight minutes, or until cookie is golden brown. For a softer cookie, bake just until edges are a darker brown.

6. Cool slightly before removing cookies from the sheet.

Tips & Warnings

• Use hand held mixer to help with mixing. This mixture should not be lumpy.
• When adding the flour, it is helpful to add one cup at a time. This will prevent the flour from spilling out of the bowl, and will make stirring easier as the mixture becomes thicker.
• Makes about 7 dozen cookies
• If using self rising flour, omit baking soda and salt

[jull14]

on 6/22/2009 A very interesting article and very helpful, I hope that you write more like this one, thanks for helping us.

[dasbootjoe]

on 7/18/2008 Adlksd,this is a very good recipe! I use it all the time. Learn how to spell before you leave ignorant comments...

[adlksd]

on 7/17/2008 do not use this recipe it will just waist you time and ingrdents use the one from food network