An Old Standby

I don't usually make chocolate chip cookies for Christmas, but this
year my daughter requested them. With her busy schedule, she
doesn't get home very often, and of my cookies, these are her very
favorite. This recipe makes about seven dozen three inch cookies
and can be easily halved and the dough freezes well. They are
decadent.

Willow's Chocolate Chip Cookies

3 sticks of butter softened
1 cup Crisco shortening
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
2 tbsp vanilla
7 cups flour
1 1/4 tbsp baking soda
3/4 tbsp salt
24 oz. chocolate chips

Cream together the butter, shortening, sugars. Add eggs and vanilla.
Sift together the flour, soda and salt. Add chocolate chips.
Drop by golf ball sized scoops onto ungreased baking sheet.
Bake 350 for 10 minutes. Let cool on cookie sheet, remove and
let stand on wire wrack for 30 minutes before storing.

photos by willow