Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies

By lisapearce

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour, plus 2 more TBS
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup butter at room temperature
• 1/2 cup butter flavored Crisco
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 12 oz. bag semi sweet chocolate chips
• chopped walnuts optional

Details

Servings 24
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 50mins

Preparation

Step 1

In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt, set aside. In the mixing bowl combine butter, butter flavored Crisco, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer on high until well blended. Add egg and vanilla and mix until blended. Add flour mixture on low speed, just until dry ingredients are incorporated. It may be necessary for you to mix by had. Do not over beat. Dough should not be overly creamy, it should have some texture. Add nuts ( if desired) and chips. Wrap in plastic and chill the dough for at least 2 hours or overnight.

Place oven rack in center of oven and preheat to 325. Make large golf ball sized balls and place an inch apart on baking sheet. ( May use silpat). Bake 20-25 minutes or until edges just begin to brown. Time will vary depending on oven and size of cookies. Remove from oven, let stand 2 minutes and remove to cooling rack.