Brown Family Chocolate Chip Cookies

This recipe makes so much dough that I suggest you put them in ball shape on wax paper and freeze them. Once the dough has hardened, take the frozen dough balls and put them in a gallon zip lock bag and cook them whenever you want warm cookies! Adjust the baking time to 11 minutes if cooking frozen dough. I actually always freeze them first, even if I need them right away. For some reason, they turn out perfect that way.

Cream Together:
1 cup shortening
1 cup butter
1 ½ cups sugar
1 ½ cups brown sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla

Mix together in a separate bowl:
4 ½ cups flour
1 ½ tsp baking soda
1 ½ tsp salt

Slowly mix dry ingredients in with wet ingredients. There is a lot of flour so take your time! Mix in 1 12 oz bag chocolate chips or 2 cups chocolate chips.

Cook the cookies at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes. (11 minutes if using frozen dough) They should come out looking un-cooked but will cool to perfection!