Ahh yes, so I’m a total slacker. That’s really my only excuse for not posting a tasty Tuesday..ok, maybe not the only reason..also probably has something to do with my total lack of baking/cooking up anything particularly tasty 
Ahh yes, but that goes back to the total slacker part then doesn’t it.
But I digress, I wanted to share with you my family’s recipe for chocolate chip cookies. I know there are a ton of chocolate chip cookies and this one looks very much like a lot that you have seen…however, it is, in my humble opinion, the very best chocolate chip cookie recipe out there. I can also say this is very much my version recipe. I have been making this recipe since I was a child, I have made minute changes, which I feel have made the recipe better than it was before.
It’s always been a good recipe, and perhaps my favorite part of it is how flexible it is…if I want to add craisins or leave out nuts there is no changing the actual bare bones of the recipe.
I have two notes about this recipe I want to share before handing you over a
piece of my history:
1) Do not substitute the shortening out. There are plenty of versions that don’t use shortening and if you don’t want to use it, I suggest using one of those recipes, this one is made best with shortening. Period. I never said it was a healthy recipe.
2) It says it yields, 3 dozen…this recipe has never “yielded” 3 dozen for me, between all the cookies I (and the girls) eat in the making and the size I make mine, I usually shoot for 1 1/2 dozen per, but you may get 3 dozen.
Mama’s Chocolate Chip Cookies
- *1/2 Cup Shortening
- *1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar
- *1/4 Cup Brown Sugar
- *1 Egg
- *1 Teaspoon Vanilla
- *1 Cup Sifted All-Purpose Flour
- *3/4 Teaspoon Salt
- *1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- *1 12 ounce package of semi-sweet chocolate pieces
- *1/2 cup chopped pecans (your favorite nut)
Cream shortening, sugar, egg, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Soft together dry ingredients, stir into creamed mixture and blend well. Try adding just a small amount at a time to prevent a mess. Add chocolate and nuts.
Drop from teaspoon two inches apart on a greased cookie sheet. Bake in a moderate oven (375) 10-12 minutes. Let sit 1 minute, the move to cooling racks.
Makes 3 dozen.
Also makes a huge hit at Big’s 1/2 birthday.
Big’s birthday is in the summer after school is out so she has to miss out on the whole birthday treat at school deal. After seeing she was bummed about it last year, I got the idea to take cookies in for her half birthday this year.
She was so pumped and her teacher was even nice enough to allow her to wear the birthday crown and be line leader for the day.
Do you have a family recipe you swear by? If so I’d love to read about it! Feel free to write a blog post of your own or tell me about it in the comments!
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Amanda December 17th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Hey Bobbi! Share! I would love to see a recipe! If you want to write you’re own recipe be sure to link up here and I’ll sahre it w/my readers!