Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/2 cup shortening (butter flavored)

2 TBS. butter or margarine, softened

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

1 egg

1 1/4 cup flour, sifted

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 pkg. chocolate chips (1 cup)

Directions: Preheat oven to 375. Cream together the butter, shortening, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla until smooth. In a custard cup, beat the egg together with a fork and then add to the sugar-butter mixture. Beat until smooth and creamy. Next, in a separate medium sized mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt. Stir these dry ingredients until well combined, then gradually add them to the sugar-butter mixture. Finally, pour in the chocolate chips and only mix until the chocolate chips are spread evenly through the dough. Drop the cookie dough by small even spoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until lightly golden brown.

Yield: about 1 1/2 dozen.

You can also get the chocolate chip cookie variations we saw on Alton Brown’s Good Eats at http://www.foodnetwork.com/good-eats/three-chips-for-sister-marsha/index.html