Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

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These huge cookies are a family favorite. No one can resist their sweet chocolaty taste.—Lori Sporer, Oakley, Kansas

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Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling Bake: 15 min./batch

Yield: 24 Servings

15 15 30

Ingredients

2/3 cup shortening
2/3 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions

In a large bowl, cream shortening, butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in the chocolate chips and pecans. Chill for at least 1 hour.
Drop by 1/4 cupfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 13-15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks. Yield: 2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 335 calories, 19 g fat (7 g saturated fat), 31 mg cholesterol, 213 mg sodium, 41 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookies in The Best of Country Cooking Annual 1999, p97