Aunt Alecia’s Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies

Aunt Alecia’s Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies puts butter-flavored shortening, granulated sugar and brown sugar at the center of a cookie recipe and finishes in about 27 minutes, enough for 24 Cookies.

• Yield 24 Cookies
• Ready in 27 minutes
• Prep 15 minutes
• Cook 12 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter-flavored shortening
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3 extra-large eggs
• 1 tablespoon hot water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 cups chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Beat together the shortening and both sugars. Add eggs and beat for 5-6 minutes until the batter is very light in color. Mix in the hot water, salt, vanilla and baking soda. Add the flour and chocolate chips at the same time and mix until combined.
2. Bake at 350 degrees F until edges of the cookies are very lightly browned, 10-12 minutes.

Let the center settle before you cut it, or the slices will slump.