ultimate chocolate chip cookies

By momofsixplus1

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter flavor crisco
• 1 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
• ***if nuts are omitted, add an additional 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Preparation

Step 1

heat oven to 375.place sheets of foil on countertop for cooling cookies

combine shortening, brown sugar, milk, and vanilla in large bowl.beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. beat egg into creamed mixture.

combine flour, salt and baking soda. mix into creamed mixture just until blended. stir in chocolate chips and pecan pieces.

drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough 3 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet.

bake one baking sheet at a time at 375 for 8-10 minutes for chewy cookies.