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Grandma Shirley's Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup Crisco shortening
2 eggs
3 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda (slightly heaping)
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 to 1½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions:
Directions:
1. USING AN ELECTRIC MIXER, combine sugar, brown sugar, and shortening and cream until smooth. Then whip it for another 90 seconds.

2. Add eggs and beat on high until batter is smooth.

3. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and vanilla to batter slowly while mixing.

4. Add chocolate chips and then spoon onto an ungreased cookie sheet

5. Bake at 375º for 8-10 minutes
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
About 3 dozen (depending on how much dough you snack on)
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Grandma Shirley always claimed this was the recipe she took off the chocolate chip bag, but it seems to have changed over the years.

Also over the years, the way they manufacture the shortening has changed, so the taste is not the same as it seemed originally. Still good though!!

 

 

 

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