Grandma Best's Chocolate Chip Cookies

Submitted by Nicalyn

"Found in my grandmother's cookbook"

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 3 dozen
• Serves: 18

ingredients

• 2⁄3 cup shortening
• 2⁄3 cup butter or 2/3 cup margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 12 ounces chocolate chips

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Mix thoroughly shortening, butter and sugars, salt, eggs and vanilla.
3. Blend in remaining ingredients.
4. Bake 8- 10 minutes until golden brown. Do not overbake.
5. *if using self rising flour, omit baking soda and salt.
6. (For a softer, rounder cookie, add additional 1/2 cup flour).

Reviews

[Scratch Cooking wit]

This recipe was easy to follow and made yummy cookies. Stepson and I made them for Santa tonight. Santa loved them!!! We used 1/2 PB chips and 1/2 milk chocolate chips. Paired with eggnog for a Santa Surprise!

 

[ladyfingers]

This recipe produced a traditional tasting chocolate chip cookie with a cake-like consistency. Or at least that's what I baked up...puppitypup's picture shows flatter cookies than mine. Regardless, they taste good.

 

[puppitypup]

These might be the BEST COOKIES I've ever had! The consistency is absolutely perfect and the taste is devine. Thank you Nicalyn, this recipe is a definite keeper! Edited to say that I've been making these for a year now and they turn out perfect every time. My picture doesn't do them justice.