Essential Chocolate Chip Cookies
Recipe from
Better Homes and Gardens
With morsels of semisweet chocolate nestled in rich butter cookie dough, these drop-and-bake cookies have become a longtime favorite.
Servings:
about 60 cookies
Prep Time:
40 mins
Total Time:
48 mins
Ingredients
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3/4 cupbutter, softenedsee savings
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1/4 cupshorteningsee savings
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1 cuppacked brown sugarsee savings
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1/2 cupgranulated sugarsee savings
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3/4 teaspoonbaking sodasee savings
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1/2 teaspoonsaltsee savings
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2eggssee savings
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1 teaspoonvanillasee savings
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2-1/2 cupsall-purpose floursee savings
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3 cupssemisweet chocolate pieces or miniature candy-coated semisweet chocolate piecessee savings
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Directions
1.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl beat butter and shortening with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add the brown sugar, granulated sugar, baking soda, and salt. Beat until mixture is combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour. Stir in chocolate pieces.
2.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 to 9 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool. Makes about 60 cookies.
Macadamia Nut and White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Prepare as above, except substitute white baking pieces for the semisweet chocolate pieces. Stir in one 3 1/2-ounce jar macadamia nuts, chopped, with the baking pieces.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Prepare as above, except press dough into an ungreased 15x10x1-inch baking pan. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars. Makes 48 bars.
Big Chocolate Chip Cookies
Prepare as above, except use a 1/4-cup measure or scoop to drop mounds of dough about 4 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. If desired, flatten dough mounds to circles about 3/4-inch thick. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Let cool on pans on wire rack for 1 minute. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool. Makes about 18 cookies.
Nutrition information
Per serving: Calories 92, Total Fat 5 g, Saturated Fat 3 g, Monounsaturated Fat 2 g, Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g, Cholesterol 13 mg, Sodium 55 mg, Carbohydrate 12 g, Total Sugar 8 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 1 g. Daily Values: Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 1%, Iron 3%. Exchanges: Other Carbohydrate 1, Fat 1.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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