How to bake soft-chew chocolate chip cookies

Bake Soft-Chew Chocolate Chip Cookies

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INGREDIENTS

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F

To prepare your "wet" ingredients, measure out butter. Your butter should be room temperature.

To prepare your "wet" ingredients, measure out butter. Your butter should be room temperature.

Measure out a half cup shortening - I used Crisco's All-Vegetable Shortening. Adding this is the KEY to having soft chew cookies, it makes your pastries nice & tender!

Measure out a half cup shortening - I used Crisco's All-Vegetable Shortening. Adding this is the KEY to having soft chew cookies, it makes your pastries nice & tender!

Measure out the half cup shortening and add to your mixing bowl with your butter.

Measure out the half cup shortening and add to your mixing bowl with your butter.

Beat the butter and shortening together.

Beat the butter and shortening together.

Add 1 cup white granulated sugar to butter/shortening mixture.

Add 1 cup white granulated sugar to butter/shortening mixture.

Add 1/2 cup brown sugar next.

Add 1/2 cup brown sugar next.

Beat together butter, shortening, and brown & white sugars.

Beat together butter, shortening, and brown & white sugars.

After beating the butter and sugar mixture - this is what it should look like.

After beating the butter and sugar mixture - this is what it should look like.

Add 2 eggs to the butter mixture.

Add 2 eggs to the butter mixture.

Add 1 tbsp vanilla extract.

Add 1 tbsp vanilla extract.

In a SEPARATE bowl, add 2 cups of all-purpose flour.

In a SEPARATE bowl, add 2 cups of all-purpose flour.

Add 1 tsp baking soda to the flour bowl.

Add 1 tsp baking soda to the flour bowl.

Add 1/4 tsp salt to your flour mixture.

Add 1/4 tsp salt to your flour mixture.

Whisk your dry ingredients together.

Whisk your dry ingredients together.

Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, stirring between additions

Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, stirring between additions

Beat together.

Beat together.

Next take out your bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips.

Next take out your bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips.

Add 2 cups (or desired amount) to your cookie dough.

Add 2 cups (or desired amount) to your cookie dough.

Mix together well, and this is what your cookie dough should look like!

Mix together well, and this is what your cookie dough should look like!

Spoon out the cookie dough tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart on Parchment Paper on a cooke sheet.

Spoon out the cookie dough tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart on Parchment Paper on a cooke sheet.

This is roughly how it should look. This recipe makes 50 cookies.

This is roughly how it should look. This recipe makes 50 cookies.

Put in the oven and bake for 15 minutes, or until the outer edges are a golden brown or slightly underbaked. Turn off the oven, and allow the cookies to cool on the rack for 5 minutes.

Put in the oven and bake for 15 minutes, or until the outer edges are a golden brown or slightly underbaked. Turn off the oven, and allow the cookies to cool on the rack for 5 minutes.

Voila! Your soft chew cookies.

Voila! Your soft chew cookies.

More glamour shots of what your cookies will look like.

More glamour shots of what your cookies will look like.

The full recipe: http://annezca.blogspot.ca/2014/12/soft-chew-chocolate-chip-cookies.html

The full recipe: http://annezca.blogspot.ca/2014/12/soft-chew-chocolate-chip-cookies.html

The full recipe: http://annezca.blogspot.ca/2014/12/soft-chew-chocolate-chip-cookies.html

The full recipe: http://annezca.blogspot.ca/2014/12/soft-chew-chocolate-chip-cookies.html

The full recipe: http://annezca.blogspot.ca/2014/12/soft-chew-chocolate-chip-cookies.html

  • 1/2c unsalted butter
  • 1/2c shortening
  • 1.0c granulated sugar
  • 1/2c brown sugar
  • 2.0 eggs
  • 1.0Tbsp vanilla
  • 2.0c all-purpose flour
  • 1.0tsp baking soda
  • 1/2tsp salt
  • 2.0c semi-sweet chocolate chips