Chocolate Chip Cookies

I am a baker. I have never, nor will I ever claim to be a cook. However, there is something I refused to bake for the longest time: your basic chocolate chip cookie. Why? Because no matter how many recipes I've tried, and how many of those recipes I tweaked, I could never get that delicious cookie you imagine dissolving in your mouth, needing an ice cold glass of milk to go with it. Ladies and Gentlemen, I have now found it: a wonderful recipe for addictive chocolate chip cookies. Thank you Crisco!

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
3/4 stick (or 3/4 cup) Crisco butter flavor all-vegetable shortening
2 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 large egg
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 heaping cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips

[actual recipe is for 3/4 cup chips and 3/4 cup mini chips - I changed it because I don't like too much chocolate]

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Combine brown sugar, shortening, milk and vanilla in large bow. Beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat egg into creamed mixture. Combine flour, salt and baking soda. Mix into creamed mixture until just blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough 3 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet. Bake 8 - 10 minutes for chewy cookies, or 11 to 13 minutes for crisp cookies. [I do 10 minutes for my oven.] Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet on a cooling rack. Remove cookies to rack to cool completely. Makes 3 dozen cookies.

Beautiful as they go into the oven . . .



. . . and after they come out!