My family is flying out to visit us in Boston tomorrow and I couldn’t be more excited! A tradition is for me to make my “famous secret” Chocolate Chip cookie recipe ever time they visit. (it’s really just the Nestle tollhouse one with a few minor twists to it, haha) I really don’t think it gets any better than eating a warm gooey chocolate chip cookie fresh from the oven–YUMMM!!!!! So in case you agree, here is a delicious Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe and an extra Chocolate Drop Cookie Recipe to boot! (honestly–you can never have enough chocolate!)

Jeanne’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

 1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup shortening

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon water

2 beaten eggs

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

3 1/4 cups flour

16 ounces chocolate chips

 Cream butter, sugars, vanilla, and water until fluffy.  Add eggs and mix well.  Stir in flour, soda, salt until mixed well.  Add chocolate Chips. Bake 10-12 minutes or until edges are golden brown.  Remove from pan and cool completely.  Makes about 4 dozen

 Chocolate Drop Cookies

1/2 cup shortening

2 squares unsweetened baking chocolate

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

11/3 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

 Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Melt shortening and chocolate together in medium saucepan.  Remove from heat.  Beat eggs; add sugar and whisk together well. Add melted chocolate mixture, vanilla, and flour. Mix well. Drop by heaping tablespoon on cookie sheet. Bake for 6 minutes.

Taken from the book Cookie Lover’s Cookbook By MariLee Parrish / Barbour Publishing. You can purchase more books like this in the cookbook section here: http://www.christianmomsbusinessresource.com/marilees-book-shop.html