Chocolate Chip Cookies

I tend to make the Classic Crunchy Chocolate Chip cookies from the King Arthur Cookie book; they also have a recipe online which is not either recipe from the book. I replace the butter with more shortening. Sometimes I cut down the recipe from the full 4 ½ dozen to 3 dozen, thus:

Ingredients

• ⅔ c. shortening
• ⅔ c. brown sugar
• ⅓ c. white sugar
• 1 ⅓ tsp. vanilla extract
• ½ tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. cider vinegar
• ⅔ of an egg
• ⅔ tsp. baking soda
• 1 ⅓ c. flour
• 2 c. chocolate chips

Directions

1. Cream together all but the last four ingredients.
2. Add egg.
3. Add baking soda with flour.
4. Add chocolate chips.
5. Spoon 1 T. per cookie onto a greased baking sheet.
6. Bake at 350° for 12-14 minutes.
7. Cool on a rack.

Variants

Substitute nuts for up to half of the chips.