Perfectly Simple Chocolate Chip Cookies
This Classic Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Deserves a Place in Your Recipe Box!
This basic chocolate chip cookie recipe is based on the classic Tollhouse cookie recipe, but with a few alterations that guarantee great results every time.
Category
Desserts
Cuisine
American
Main Ingredients
Baking
Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
10 min
Total Time
20 min
Ingredients
Serves 10
2 1/2 cups unbleached flour
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 large eggs
2 cups Tollhouse chocolate chips
Directions for Perfectly Simple Chocolate Chip Cookies
1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.2
In a small bowl, stir together flour, salt and baking soda with a wire whisk, until combined.3
In the bowl of a mixer with a paddle attachment, beat together shortening and shortening until completely combined and fluffy.4
Add sugars and vanilla to the shortening and butter mixture. Mix well until fluffy again.5
Add eggs to shortening mixture, one at a time, mixing until completely blended.6
Add flour mixture slowly (I do it in about 3 parts), mixing until combined.7
Stir in chocolate chips until evenly distributed.8
Bake for 8-11 minutes, depending on the size of your cookies. For large, after-school-snack-worthy cookies, I use lumps of dough that are roughly the size of a golf ball, spaced generously on the cookie sheet, and bake them for about 10 minutes or until golden brown.Tip
For the best baking results, I always use real vanilla - not vanilla-flavored extract. Once you taste the depth and richness that real vanilla adds to cookies, you'll never go back! To make your own, check out my article on How to Make Your Own Homemade Vanilla Extract at http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5717342/how_to_make_your_own_homemade_vanilla.html?cat=22.
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7 Comments
Post a CommentI cannot wait to try these. There is nothing like fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies!
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awesome work; thanks for sharing ♥
Yum - I know what I'll be doing later ;)
excellent; yummy!
I never thought much about 'real vanilla'...I'll have to keep that in mind:)
I will bake these, great and thanks...:0)