Big Thick Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup crisco
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened but still firm
• 1 cup lightly packed dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large whole egg
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 10 ounces chocolate chips (about 1 3/4 cups) or 10 ounces semisweet chocolate chunks (about 1 3/4 cups)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 beat crisco and butter in a medium bowl with back of a wooden spoon until pretty smooth but with a few harder pieces till left (about 1 minute).
• 3 add sugars and beat until well blended.
• 4 add egg, egg and vanilla and beat until smooth.
• 5 mix together flour, baking powder and salt and stir into butter mixture.
• 6 fold in chocolate chips.
• 7 for each cookie, shape 2 tablespoons of dough into a ball with your fingers and place on parchment-lined cookie sheet with 1 1/2-inches between cookie dough.
• 8 bake 14 minutes or until tops are well browned.
• 9 slide parchment paper onto wire racks to cool.
• 10 repeat with remaining dough and fresh sheets of parchment paper.