Ingredients for - Liz's Astounding Chocolate Chip Cookies

1. Shortening ½ cup
2. Packed brown sugar ¼ cup
3. White sugar ½ cup
4. Egg 1
5. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon
6. All-purpose flour 1 ⅛ cups
7. Salt ¼ teaspoon
8. Baking soda ¼ teaspoon
9. Semisweet chocolate chips 1 ¼ cups

How to cook deliciously - Liz's Astounding Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2 . Stage

In a mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugars. Add beaten egg and vanilla, mix well. Sift flour, baking soda and salt together. Stir into creamed mixture; blend thoroughly. Fold in chocolate chips.

3 . Stage

Drop by teaspoon onto cookie sheets. Bake in oven for 6-9 minutes, depending on size. Do not overbake. Cookies should be a little brown around the edges when taken out. Let cookies cool for a few minutes before removing from baking sheet. Finish cooling on rack. NOTE: If you use miniature chocolate chips, you can decrease the amount needed in recipe from 11/4 cups to 1 cup and not affect the quality of the cookies.