Chocolate Chip Cookies
This chocolate chip cookies recipe is a family favorite. A chewy cookie filled with semi-sweet chocolate chips.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter flavored shortening or butter (if using butter add 1 tbsp.)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 package semi-sweet chocolate chips (or milk chocolate if you prefer)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl cream the shortening or butter with the brown sugar and granulated sugars for about 1-2 minutes or until mixture is creamy,
- Add the eggs and vanilla extract to the sugar mixture and cream together.
- Whisk the dry ingredients together in a medium size bowl and then add to the creamed mixture. Stir just until the dry ingredients are mixed in.
- Pour bag of chocolate chips into the batter and fold into the cookie dough. No need to chill the dough for this recipe.
- Using a medium-sized cookie scoop place scoops of dough onto prepared cookie sheet. Use ungreased cookie sheet or a baking mat.
- Bake the cookies in preheated oven at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
- Remove cookies from the oven and let cool for a couple of minutes before removing the cookies to the rack. This gives them a chance to cool and firm up a little so they don't fall apart. Finish cooling cookies on the rack.
- Makes about 3 dozen cookies. Serving size is one cookie.
Nutrition
Calories: 158kcal
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