Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is my recipe for quick and easy chewy chocolate chip cookies. You could easily replace the chocolate chips with another kind of chip - or even small bits of candy - if you wanted. Also, add chopped and toasted nuts if desired.

• Ingredients
• Instructions

Ingredients

Ingredients

• 11 1/4 oz all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt

Gently stir to combine.

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Cream sugar and fat, then add the vanilla.

• 2 large eggs

• 12 oz chocolate semi-sweet chips

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350° and get the ingredients ready.
2. One at a time, beat the eggs into the creamed sugar and flour.
3. Gradually mix the flour into the dough.
4. Stir in chocolate chips.
5. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
6. Use a small disher to drop cookies onto the baking sheet.
7. Bake one sheet of cookies for about 10 minutes.
8. As soon as you can move them, cool cookies on a cookie rack.
9. Repeat previous 3 steps until out of cookie batter.