Chocolate Chippers

If you like big, soft, chewey cookies, look elsewhere. These are 2" crisp golden cookies loaded with chocolate. The recipe may be halved easily, but why go through the whole cookie-making process twice, when they freeze so well? Actually, I believe they taste best straight out of the freezer. Cook time is for baking 1 1/2 dozen cookies at a time.

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Serves: 144
• Yields: 12 dozen cookies

Ingredients

• 2  cups shortening
• 2  cups sugar
• 1  cup brown sugar
• 4  large eggs
• 4  teaspoons vanilla
• 4  cups flour
• 2  teaspoons baking soda
• 1  tablespoon salt
• 24  ounces chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°.
2. Cream shortening, sugars, eggs and vanilla until light and fluffy.
3. Sift flour, baking soda and salt together; beat into creamed mixture and blend well; stir in chocolate chips.
4. Drop by the teaspoonful, 2" apart, onto greased cookie sheets; bake 10-12 minutes, until golden brown; cool on wire racks.