Old-School Chocolate Chip Cookie

Ingredients:

1 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
½ cup sugar
¾ cup all purpose flour (if using self-rising flour, omit baking soda and salt)
1 ½ ounces vegetable shortening
6 ounces chocolate chip morsels

Method:

1. Sift flour, baking soda and salt together.
2. Add remaining ingredients to the dry mixture, except chips. Mix well. Then, add chocolate chips.
3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. Using a teaspoon, drop cookie mixture by spoonfuls onto a non-stick cookie sheet.
5. Bake for 12 minutes. Check and add more time in 1-minute increments as needed.

Other Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ideas

When it comes to chocolate chip cookies, there are many variations on the theme. It all depends on your sense of taste. Let your kids help with creating new and wondrous recipes. Here are some ideas that may tingle your taste buds.

Chocolate chunk - instead of adding morsels, use semisweet or dark chocolate blocks cut into quarter inch pieces.
Chocolate chocolate chip - These cookies not only have the chocolate chips but there is chocolate in the batter. Add cocoa powder to the batter to give your cookies that deep chocolate color. Oatmeal chocolate chip - Add some natural rolled oats to the mix for chewy cookies with a hint of fiber.
Pecan chocolate chip - Add pecans or any other favorite nut to the recipe. Mix in at the end of the recipe along with chips.

There are many varieties of chocolate chip cookies. Add cinnamon, mint chips, peanut butter chips, or raisins to your cookie. It's up to you.