Our Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

Submitted by Erin Justice

"I once got my husband to drive the car all night to get us home and all I had to do was promise I would make these when we got home!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 3 dozen
• Serves: 36

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄3 cup shortening
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄3 teaspoon salt
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1 (12 ounce) bag semi-sweet chocolate chips

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Cream together butter, shortening, brown and white sugar.
3. Add eggs, vanilla, baking soda and salt, mix well.
4. Slowly add flour (don't over work the flour).
5. Stir in chocolate chips.
6. form into balls, and place on ungreased cookie sheet 1-2 inches apart.
7. Bake for 8-9 minutes, When you take them out they are not going to look done at all, but DON'T put them back in!
8. Leave them to cool on cookie tray for 10 minutes.
9. Transfer to a cool spot, Wait 10 minutes more (the wait it worth the difference, they will still be warm, don't worry!).
10. Get a glass of milk.
11. Enjoy!