Betty Crocker Chocolate Chip Cookies (1971-Men's Favorites #22)

"This is the Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe from the Betty Crocker card file system, and more specifically from the green file from 1971, which the recipe was classified as Men's Favorites #22. I have seen many, many requests for this particular recipe in the Recipezaar Question & Answer forum. I knew about the recipe (from prior requests). To be helpful, I visited the Betty Crocker website and used their search option to find it whenever someone else asked for it again. And I would just post the recipe in the Q&A forum again. Well, that recipe is getting more difficult to find (as it seems that, with improvements to the webiste, older recipes just get buried even deeper!). So I thought I would post the recipe here, to make it more accessible on the Zaar site, especially for all the fans of the Betty Crocker recipe card files. I haven't made these myself, so I guessed on the prep time."
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
11
Yields:
7 dozen
Serves:
84
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ingredients

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directions

  • Heat oven to 375° degrees.
  • Mix thoroughly shortening, butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla. Blend in remaining ingredients. (For a softer, rounder cookie, add 1/2 cup flour.)
  • Drop dough by rounded teasponfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until light brown. Cool slightly before removing from baking sheet.
  • NOTE: If using self-rising flour, omit soda and salt.
  • For Salted Peanut Cookies: Substitute 2 cups salted peanuts for the chocolate pieces and chopped nuts. Before baking, flatten each cookie with bottom of glass that has been greased and dipped in sugar.
  • Betty's note: ( Red Spoon) To bake fresh cookies on short notice, keep a supply of cookie dough in the freezer. Wrap it in an airtight freezer container, aluminum foil or plastic wrap. Thaw it until just soft enough to spoon onto baking sheet. Both cookie dough and baked cookies can be frozen and stored from 9-12 months.

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Reviews

  1. This is the only recipe I’ll use. Been using it for 30years. Had the original card set but lost my cookie card so glad google was created ??
     
  2. This is the best recipe EVER I have been using it from my card file system since 1972 the original card is no longer usable wish I could get a replacement card. This is a must try .
     
  3. I have been using this recipe for more than 40 years. I always add the extra 1/2 cup of flour for a rounder cookie & I add a cup of coconut flakes. It makes the cookies moister. My family & friends love them. As a matter of fact, I quit making any other type of cookie but this recipe since it's always a hit.
     
  4. Great chocolate chip cookies! I made just as directed other than omitting the nuts. I did add the extra 1/2 cup flour. I baked mine for about 10 minutes. I only got about 5 dozen cookies so maybe I made mine bigger.
     
  5. Best cookie recipe, have been it since I was little and my Mothers go-to recipe for cookies at Christmas time. Still have the yellow recipe box it came in.
     
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Tweaks

  1. Try using Luana coconut oil, instead of shortening whipped honey instead of vanilla extract and organic sugar instead of white granulated sugar. You will have the best cookies you’ve ever had in your life. Also I added pecans, and milk chocolate.
     
  2. This is the ONLY chocolate chip recipe worth using! I add an extra teaspoon of vanilla to mine, and as crazy as this may sound, I smack the tray down after taking it out of the oven. My new challenge is trying to make the gluten free version of this. Haven't been able to eat my favorite cookie in 7 years!
     

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