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Every Day Chocolate Chip Cookies warm on the table
Alyssa

Mom's Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 11 minutes
Total Time 26 minutes
Servings: 4 dozen
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup butter flavored Crisco
  • 1/2 cup Land O'Lakes unsalted butter**
  • 1 cup domino Granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed Domino light brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract brown color, not clear!
  • 2 1/2 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
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts optional

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F (I bake on the convection setting, adjust accordingly for your own oven if you do not)
  2. 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
  3. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
  4. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.
  5. Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture (in 2 - 3 additions)
  6. Fold in chocolate chips and nuts, if using.
  7. 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.)
  8. 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.
  9. 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 1/2 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 1/2 cup chopped walnuts when folding in the chocolate chips.