Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies
Our favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies are chewy, gooey and slightly crisp on the outside. This easy recipe results in flatter cookies that taste amazing!
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter softened
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/4 cup flour add 1/4 cup for the cake-like cookies
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a large stand mixer, combine butter and shortening.
- Cream in the sugars until light in color and fluffier in texture about 2-3 minutes.
- Mix in the eggs and vanilla.
- Stir in the flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Stir in the semi-sweet and milk chocolate chips.
- Use a cookie dough scoop (about 1 1/2 tablespoons size) to make even balls of dough and place them on baking sheets with at least 2 inches between them.
- Bake the cookies for 9-11 minutes at 375 degrees.
- Allow the cookies to set and cool slightly on the pan before transferring them to a wire rack or a piece of parchment paper to cool completely.
Notes
Recipe adapted from the vintage Betty Crocker cookbook.
