Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies

By 4brennans

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup shortening or margarine, softened
• 1 1/4 cups lightly packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp milk
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans*
• *omit pecans and replace with 1/2 cup chocolate chips if desired.

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 F (190 C). Cream shortening or margarine and brown sugar in large bowl at medium speed of electric mixer for 2 minutes or until light.

Add egg, milk and vanilla, beating 1 minute or until thoroughly blended. Combine flour, salt and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture gradually, beating on low speed for 1 minute or just until blended.

Stir in chocolate chips and pecans. Drop dough by heaping spoonfuls on parchment paper-lined baking sheet leaving about 7 cm between cookies. Bake in warmed oven for 8 to 10 minutes. Cookies will still appear moist when baked. Cool 2 minutes, then remove to cooling rack.