Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is my favorite recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookies! So yummy!!

Ingredients:

2/3 cup shortening

2/3 cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar, packed

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

3 cups flour

1 tsp soda

1 tsp salt

1 cup chopped nuts

2 6oz pkgs semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix thoroughly shortening, butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Stir in remaining ingredients. For a softer, rounder cookie, add 1/2 cup flour. 

Drop dough on cookie sheets with parchment paper for 8-10 minutes. Cool slightly before moving from cookie sheet. Makes roughly 5 dozen cookies.