Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

4 ½ cups Self-Rising Flour

1 tsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Salt

2 cups Crisco All Vegetable Shortening

1 cup Pioneer Granulated Sugar

2 cups Pioneer Brown Sugar

4 Eggs (Well beaten)

3 tsp Vanilla

4 cups Ghirardelli Premium (60% cacao) Baking Bittersweet Chocolate Chips

Grower Recipes Submitted by:

Sally Zimmer, Zimmer Farms, Unionville, Michigan

No. of servings:

9 dozen

Whisk flour, baking soda and salt together. Set aside.

In a mixer, cream the shortening and Pioneer Granulated Sugar. Add the Pioneer Brown Sugar. Mix well.

In a separate small bowl, use a hand mixer to beat the eggs and vanilla. Pour into the mixer and continue to blend.

Gradually add the flour, soda and salt mixture until the dough is moist.

On low speed, gradually add the chocolate chips.

Use a small cookie scoop to drop dough onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a baking map.