Perfectly Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is my all-time favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe! The first time I made this recipe was in my 8th grade Home-Ec class, and I have been making them since! I love these cookies because they have just the right amount of chewiness (if that is even a word)! They are a little crispy on the outside, but not too crunchy. Our friend Blake always talked me into making them every time he and his wife, Katherine, came over! They are SUPER easy to make (hence 8th graders can even make them)! Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

Marianne

Perfectly Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup shortening

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1. Cream shortening and both sugars.

2. Add eggs and vanilla, and cream until well blended.

3. Sift the flour, salt, and soda together.

4. Stir flour mixture into the creamed mixture with a wooden spoon just until blended.

5. Stir in chocolate chips (I added 1/2 cup of mini chocolate chips just for fun)!

6. Drop onto a greased cookie sheet by using two spoons (about 2 inches in size).

7. Bake for ten minutes at 350 degrees until slightly golden brown.

8. Enjoy with a tall glass of milk!