My Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

I don't love to bake. 

I prefer savory to sweet any day of the week. 

My mom doesnt like to bake either and yet she experimented around with recipes for chocolate chip cookies for years - never finding one we all just "loved"... Until this recipe. 

Enjoy!

Ingredients: 

1 cup shortening

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

2 eggs

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking soda

2 1/2 cups flour

1 package chocolate chips, m&m's, peanut butter chips, etc. 

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.

Cream the shortening, sugars, and vanilla until smooth.

Add the eggs one at a time. Mix well.

In a separate bowl, sift flour, salt, and baking soda. 

Ok. I don't actually sift any of the dry ingredients. I don't even mix them up. 

Like I said - I don't love to bake.

Add the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. 

The dough will be VERY thick!

Add your choice of mix-in's... My husband brought home these yummy ghirardelli milk chocolate chips!

Roll into balls and place on a cookie sheet. 

Bake 8-10 minutes. No more then 11 minutes! 

Trust me!

You will get 2-3 dozen cookies. Enough to fill your owl cookie jar. :)

Go forth and bake, whether you enjoy it or not. You can thank me later.