This tasty recipe for everyone's favorite cookie is truly the best! Soft, chewy and hard to stop eating! Best part is a batch is ready to eat in 20 minutes!
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Why Choose This Recipe
- Tried and True Recipe! Been using it for 15+ years!
- Soft and Chewy
- Superior Flavor
- Just as easy as my other Cookie Recipes!
Ingredient Notes
- Butter Flavored Shortening - DO NOT substitute butter or non-flavored Shortening. Shortening is what makes the flavor and texture of these cookies.
Step by Step Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and prepare your baking sheets.
- Measure the butter flavored shortening, white sugar and brown sugar into a mixing bowl.
- Cream well.
- Add the eggs.
- Add the vanilla.
- Stir to mix.
- Mix in the baking soda and salt.
- Stir in half the flour.
- Add the chocolate chips.
- Add the last half of the flour.
- Mix well.
- Scoop cookie dough onto baking sheets spacing a couple inches apart.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
- Cookies should be very lightly golden brown.
Recipe FAQs and Expert Tips
This recipe calls for butter flavored shortening instead of butter or margarine. You wouldn't think it would make a huge difference but it does. The flavor is significantly better. And the cookie has a nice slightly crunchy outside and a soft inside. This is due to the function of shortening vs. butter. You may be tempted to sub in butter for the shortening, but don't. The result will be spread out, flat chocolate chip cookies that taste a little weird. Also you MUST use the butter flavored shortening, not regular shortening. Just trust me here.
As soon as the cookies are cool pack them in an airtight container or large Ziploc bag. Make sure the lid is replaced or the bag is zipped closed after taking cookies out.
Yes, you can. Pack cooled chocolate chip cookies in an airtight container or wrap individually or portioned in saran wrap then tin foil before popping in the freezer. Thaw at room temperature.
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Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes (per batch)
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 3 dozen 1x
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Description
This tasty recipe for everyone's favorite cookie is truly the best! Soft, chewy and hard to stop eating! Best part is a batch is ready to eat in 20 minutes!
Ingredients
- 1 cup Butter Flavored Shortening (do not sub. butter or margarine)
- ¾ cup Sugar
- ¾ cup Brown Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 ½ cups Flour
- 1 to 1 ½ cups Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and lightly spray your baking sheets with non-stick cooking spray or line them with parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl, cream the butter flavored shortening and sugars.
- Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
- Mix in the baking soda and salt.
- Stir in half the flour, then the chocolate chips, then the last of the flour.
- Scoop the dough out by tablespoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets and bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes.
- The cookies will look puffy and slightly browned around the bottom edges.
Notes
- Many of you may be tempted to substitute butter or margarine for the butter flavored shortening. I strongly advise you not to do that. The shortenings purpose is to give these cookies a little bit crispy outside and a soft inside that you won't get with butter. Also if you sub in butter these cookies will spread out super thin and the taste will be noticeably different that it should be. You MUST also use butter flavored shortening, not regular shortening.
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LS
This cookie is pretty unbeatable! It’s a winner every time.
★★★★★
M.B.
Will never use another recipe for chocolate chip cookies again! This one is unbeatable!
★★★★★