Mom's Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Author: Alyssa
Serves: 4 dozen
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter flavored Crisco
- ½ cup Land O'Lakes unsalted butter**
- 1 cup domino Granulated sugar
- ½ cup, packed Domino light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract (brown color, not clear!)
- 2½ cups Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour, sifted
- 1 tsp Arm & Hammer Baking Soda
- 1 tsp salt [table salt, none of that fancy sea stuff]
- 12 ounces Nestle Semi-Sweet Morsels*
- 1 cup Nestle Premier White Chocolate Morsels, optional
- ½ cup chopped walnuts, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F (I bake on the convection setting, adjust accordingly for your own oven if you do not)
- In a stand mixer, cream together Crisco, butter, sugars, and vanilla until light & fluffy (like really let the combine for 2-3 minutes). Scrape down the sides of the bowl
- Beat in eggs, one at a time.
- In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture (in 2 - 3 additions)
- Fold in chocolate chips and nuts, if using.
- Place 1.5 tablespoon-sized mounds on a cookie sheet lined with parchment or a silicone baking mat and bake for 10-11 minutes or until lightly golden in color. (It's best to rotate the sheet halfway through baking to ensure cookies are evenly browned.)
- Let cookies cool slightly on the tray (1-2 minutes). Then move to a cooling rack to cool completely. These cookies are best eaten warm, minutes out of the oven.
- Store leftover cookies in a sealed container at room temperature for a week or freeze for up to 3 months.
Notes
*My mom actually used 12 ounces Nestle Semi-Sweet Morsels and 1 cup Nestle Semi-Sweet & Premier White Chocolate Morsels but these are often difficult to find. An adequate replacement would be to sub 1 cup of Nestle Premier White Chocolate Morsels.
** If you can't find Land O'Lakes, just be sure to use unsalted butter or if you do use salted butter, adjust the salt to ½ teaspoon instead of 1 full teaspoon.
***My mom would also, sometimes, add in chopped walnuts. If you like nuts in your chocolate chip cookies, add in a ½ cup chopped walnuts when folding in the chocolate chips.
** If you can't find Land O'Lakes, just be sure to use unsalted butter or if you do use salted butter, adjust the salt to ½ teaspoon instead of 1 full teaspoon.
***My mom would also, sometimes, add in chopped walnuts. If you like nuts in your chocolate chip cookies, add in a ½ cup chopped walnuts when folding in the chocolate chips.
Recipe by Her Modern Kitchen at https://www.hermodernkitchen.com/chocolate-chip-cookies/