Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Prep time | 30 min |
| Cook time | 45 min (total) |
| Source | Elaine Hanson / St. Cloud Regional Hospital cafeteria (70's/80's) |
| Yield / serves | ~9 dozen |
| Rating | Very good |
Be forewarned that this recipe will severely strain most mixers and I have broken at least one wooden spoon trying to stir it by hand. We have a 575W KitchenAid stand mixer, and it is barely able to handle the full recipe on low speed by the end.
Ingredients
- 2 c brown sugar
- 2 c white sugar
- 2 c shortening or butter
- 6 eggs
- 4 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp salt (reduce or eliminate if using salted butter)
- 4 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 T vanilla
- ~8 c flour
- 3 c chocolate chips
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°.
Mix all the ingredients except the flour and chocolate chips. Mix in the flour one cup at a time. Finally mix in the chocolate chips. We use a #50 scoop to scoop out dough and place on cookie sheets. If doing the full recipe, it helps to start one cookie sheet on a lower rack, then move it to an upper rack at 1/2 the time while adding a second cookie sheet of dough to the bottom rack. This way there is always two sheets of cookies baking at a time.
Bake for 8-10 minutes at 350°. Note: Recipe may easily be halved.
