My Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter flavor crisco
• 1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup pecan pieces

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375°.
• 2 cream butter flavor crisco, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in large bowl. blend until creamy. blend in egg.
• 3 combine flour, salt and baking soda.
• 4 add to creamed mixture, gradually.
• 5 stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
• 6 drop rounded tablespoonfuls (about 2 measuring tablespoons) of dough 3" apart on ungreased baking sheet.
• 7 bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes for chewy cookies (they will look light and moist).
• 8 do not overbake or 11 to 13 minutes for crisp cookies.
• 9 cool on baking sheet 2 minutes.
• 10 transfer to cool rack.
• 11 3 dozens 3-inch cookies. note: if nuts are omitted, use 1-1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips.
• 12 note: i add 2 tbsp of additional flour per batch. this makes the batter a little easier to spoon out on to the cookie sheet, and gives you a more full bodied cookie that is still chewy, gooey and delicious, without being flat, hard and crunchy.