Dad's Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

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100% would make again

My dad, Art Winter, would tuck some of these cookies in the care packages he and my mom sent to me when I was in college.—Art Winter, Trumbull, Connecticut

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  • 60 Servings
  • Prep: 15 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Ingredients

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

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream the butter, shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, salt and baking soda; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
  • Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased baking pans. Bake at 350° for 10-11 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to cool on wire racks. Yield: 5 dozen.

Nutrition Facts: 1 cookie equals 124 calories, 6 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 10 mg cholesterol, 72 mg sodium, 16 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fat.

Dad's Chocolate Chip Cookies published in Taste of Home February/March 1999, p47

Tip

Substitute for Nuts

If your family loves the crunch of nuts in brownies and chocolate chip cookies, but someone is allergic to them, add granola or crisp rice cereal in the same amounts as the nuts called for in your recipes. But, always check the granola or cereal packages for nut allergy alerts to be certain.

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Reviewed on Nov. 17, 2009 by squeegie26

After reading the reviews I added the butter but cut down the flour to 3 cups and used 3 eggs instead of 2.

They turned out very delicious!

Reviewed on Nov. 11, 2009 by clthurmond

I have been making these cookies for a few years now and this is the best choc chip cookie recipe I've ever used! Awesome!

Reviewed on Sep. 13, 2009 by sakari720

I just made these cookies tonight and they are WONDERFUL!I left out the walnuts and cut the entire receipe in half and they still were perfect. The tip on needing 2/3C butter was great and i will definately be making these again. So easy, quick, and the perfect combo of firm on the outside but meltingly-soft on the inside.

-Whitney

Reviewed on Jul. 01, 2009 by IiIbree

Thanks for the tip...wish I had read it before I made them!! I think they are too dry without the extra butter as well. Oh well, next time!

Reviewed on May. 28, 2009 by cherrylady

I have made this recipe countless times since it was first printed in February 1999. It turns out perfectly every time.

Reviewed on Oct. 30, 2008 by Naci59

i have the issue this recipe came in and the butter should be 2/3 cup NOT 1/3 it comes out to dry if you use the 1/3 the issue was February 1999

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