Chocolate Chip Cookies In A Jar

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 12 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup shortening (you can use butter or margarine but shortening makes the best cookies)

Recipe

• 1 mix the salt and baking soda in with the flour, then layer the ingredients into the jar.
• 2 attach a gift card with the following instructions:.
• 3 chocolate chip cookies.
• 4 sift dry ingredients through a colander to separate the chocolate chips from other ingredients.
• 5 beat 1 cup of unsalted butter or margarine or shortening in a medium bowl. beat sifted ingredients into butter until blended.
• 6 in a small bowl, beat 1 egg with 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
• 7 mix beaten egg mixture into butter mixture until blended.
• 8 stir in chocolate chips.
• 9 drop teaspoonfuls of batter, spaced well apart, onto a greased cookie sheet.
• 10 bake at 375 degrees f for 8 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 11 i normally make 20-22 large cookies instead of smaller ones and bake them at 350 degrees f. i have made these vegan by using 1 ener-g egg replacer, prepared instead of the egg with good results.