The Melaniff Family Cookbook

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

3/4 C butter

1/4 C shortening

3/4 C sugar

3/4 C brown sugar

2 eggs

1 t vanilla extract

2 1/4 C cake flour

1 t baking soda

1/4 t salt

1 (12 oz) pack chocolate chips

Procedure

Cream butter and shortening, gradually add sugars, add eggs, vanilla.

Beat well.

Combine flour, soda and salt, add to creamed mixture.

Add chips and mix.

Drop by rounded teaspoons onto cookie sheet and bake in oven at 375°F for 9 - 11 minutes.

Cool slightly on cookie sheets, Remove to wire reck to cool completely.

Yield: about 6 1/2 dozen.

From The Southern Living Cookbook, 1987, page 149