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The Very Best
Chocolate Chip 
Cookies
pamela’s Chocolate-Chip-Cookies
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter (no substitutes)
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1
cup packed brown sugar
2-3 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts
(For Chocolate-chocolate-chip cookies add: 1 Cup Ghirardelli
ground chocolate/cocoa powder and a couple of teaspoons of
oil)
Directions:
Preheat your oven to 375° F. Combine flour, baking soda and
salt in small bowl and---add chocolate chips---set aside.
Beat the butter, shortening, granulated sugar, brown sugar
and vanilla in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs one
at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat
in flour mixture & chocolate chips, then stir in the nuts.
Drop by rounded tablespoon onto parchment (paper) lined
baking
sheets. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden
brown. Cool on baking
sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool
completely, then transfer to a plate or cookie jar.
Original Nestlé Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened (recommend LAND O LAKES® Butter)
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
1 cup chopped nuts
Directions:
PREHEAT oven to 375° F.
COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking
sheets.
BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking
sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
PAN COOKIE VARIATION:
GREASE 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan. Prepare dough as above. Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan on wire rack. Makes 4 dozen bars.
SLICE AND BAKE COOKIE VARIATION:
PREPARE dough as above. Divide in half; wrap in waxed paper. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm. Shape each half into 15-inch log; wrap in waxed paper. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.* Preheat oven to 375° F. Cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices; place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. Makes about 5 dozen cookies.
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"The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies "
(Almost exactly the same as Neiman Marcus' Cookies, below)
5 cups oatmeal ***
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups butter -- softened
2 cups sugar
1 3/4 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
7 ounces Hershey bar -- cut in small chunks
OR 1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips
2 1/2 cups finely chopped walnuts or pecans
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. ***Grind oatmeal to a fine flour in a blender or food processor. Set aside. Sift together flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Set aside. Cream together butter, sugar and brown sugar. Mix in eggs, one at a time, and then vanilla. Alternately add flour mixture and ground oatmeal, stirring after each addition. Add chocolate and nuts.
Shape dough into disks, about 2" wide and 1/2" thick. Place on ungreased cookie sheets, allowing room to spread.Bake for about 12 minutes. Transfer to racks to cool.
Recipe By :Karla Bocek; This recipe was the First Runner Up in the Seattle Times Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe contest."
NEIMAN MARCUS COOKIES
(This Recipe may be halved)
2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. soda
2 cups sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal
(measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder.)
24 Oz. chocolate chips
2 cups brown sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 - 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice, but we liked pecans best)
Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; mix together
with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips,
Hershey Bar and nuts.
Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake
for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.
Chocolate/Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 - 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
1/3 cup Hershey's Cocoa
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Salt
1 cup Butter – softened
3/4 cup Granulated sugar
3/4 cup Packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
2 Eggs
2 cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
1 cup Chopped nuts -- optional
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Stir together flour, baking soda
and salt. In large bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar
and vanilla on medium speed of electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs;
beat well. Gradually add flour mixture, beating well. Stir in
chocolate chips and nuts, if desired. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto
ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly
browned. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool
completely. About 5 dozen cookies.
This recipe was submitted by Diane Geary
Auntie Helen's Chocolate Chip Cookies
Recipe By : Jodi Mirante
1 cup vegetable shortening
1 teaspoon orange extract
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons orange juice
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Blend shortening, orange extract, vanilla and orange juice.
Add sugar gradually and cream into shortening mixture. Add egg and beat well.
Sift in flour, baking soda and salt. Add walnuts and chocolate chips and
blend well.
Shape dough into 1 1/2"-2" balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheets, allowing room to spread. Press the balls down to 1" thickness.
Bake for about 14 minutes. transfer to racks to cool.
This recipe was the Second runner up in the Seattle Times Chocolate Chip cookie contest.
Here's another great recipe submitted by Diane Geary
P.J.'s Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chef P.J. Harrison - P.J.'s Café
Combine:
2 1/4 cups flour, sifted
1 heaping tsp. baking soda
Pinch of salt
In a separate mixing bowl, combine and blend well:
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
3/4 cups granulated sugar
1 cup Crisco (fill to the top and level)
Add:
2 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
1 tsp. water
Beat on low until well mixed. Add two large eggs, beating on low until well mixed, then on high until mixture is fluffy like egg whites. Slowly add flour, salt and soda mixture until you reach cookie dough consistency. Add slowly, so dough does not get dry. Less flour gives crispier cookies. More flour gives a cake-like cookie. You may not use all of the dry mixture. Add two cups (one large bag), or more to taste, of Nestle's chocolate chips. You may substitute M&Ms or add nuts, as desired. Drop cookie-sized
portions of dough on lightly greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 9 to 11 minutes, or until lightly golden.
Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup butter flavored shortening
¾ cup white sugar
¾ cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons Mexican vanilla extract
(A friend gave us some of this!)
2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk chocolate chips
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease
cookie sheets
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter flavored shortening, brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Finally, fold in the chocolate chips. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until light brown.
Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Toll House Chocolate Chip Bars
21/4 Cup Flour
1 tsp. Baking soda
1 tsp. Salt
Cream together:
1 Cup butter (softened)
¾ Cup sugar
¾ Cup brown sugar (packed)
1 tsp. vanilla
2 Eggs
2 Cups (or one 12 oz pkg.) Chocolate chips
1 Cup chopped nuts if desired)
Mix in the flour mixture and blend well.
Press into greased 15X10X2 baking pan and bake at 375 for 20 minutes
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