Simple Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

posted in Recipes on 8/31/2015

This is an amazing recipe from an old cook book passed down to me.

Preheat oven at 375

2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour 1 teaspoon of baking soda 1/2 teaspoon of salt 1/2 cup of butter or margarine 1/2cup of shortening 1cup of packed brown sugar 1/2cup of granulated sugar 2eggs 1 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla 2cups of semi sweet chocolate chips 1cup of chopped walnuts (optional)

Stir all but the chocolate chips and walnuts together with a mixer on medium. Add chocolate chips and walnuts when mixture is fluffy. Use a table spoon and pile the cookie dough on a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread cookie piles out about 2-3 inches away from each other. Take out your cookies when they look done.