Soft & Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 32
• 1 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs (i use large eggs)
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
• 1 -1 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.grease a cookie sheet (i use canola oil pan spray).
• 2 combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. stir lightly.
• 3 in a separate, larger mixing bowl, cream the shortening, brown sugar and sugar thoroughly. crack in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. add vanilla, mixing well to combine.
• 4 begin adding the dry mixture to the shortening mixture. add about 1/4 or 1/3 of the dry mixture at a time, thoroughly blending each addition of flour into the shortening before adding the next.
• 5 if you like a hint of cinnamon in your cookies, add 1/2 teaspoon now (i think its an excellent addition: not so much that anyone notices the cinnamon taste, but it gives the cookies a little more flavor). stir in the cinnamon.
• 6 add the chocolate chips and mix into the dough until they are evenly distributed.
• 7 spoon golf-ball sized mounds of dough onto the baking sheet: i make 12 per tray.
• 8 bake in the 375 oven for about 10 minutes. just in case, i would check them once after 8 minutes, and allow them up to 12.
• 9 remove from the oven when the cookie centers are just set but still soft, and the edges are just browning. cool on the tray for about 5 minutes, them remove to a cooling rack if you have one, otherwise a plate will be fine.
• 10 just don't stack them on top of one another while they are still soft!
• 11 enjoy!