Chocolate Chip Cookies

From the kitchen of:  The Betty Crocker's cookbook

INGREDIENTS:

• 2/3 cup shortening

• 2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened

• 1 cup granulated sugar

• 1 cup brown sugar (packed)

• 2 eggs

• 2 teaspoons vanilla

• 3 cups all-purpose flower (If using self-rising flower, omit soda and salt)

• 1 teaspoon soda

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1 cup chopped nuts

• 1 package (6 oz) chocolate chips.  (The actual recipe calls for double this amount. It's an enormous amount of chocolate, and yes, I do love chocolate.  You decide how much you want)

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Heat oven to 375°. 

2. Mix thoroughly shortening, butter, sugars, eggs, vanilla, soda, and salt. 

3. Stir in remaining ingredients.

4. Drop dough in balls onto an ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake 8-10 minutes, or until light brown.

   • Note:  I think I usually do mine for 12 or so minutes because I make my cookies bigger than the original recipe wants.

MAKES: Oh I've never counted them.  The recipe says 7 dozen, but this is way over what it actually makes, unless you make dime-sized cookies like a lame person.  Make normal sized cookies.  It'll probably give you a ballpark of 2-3 dozen or so.