The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever!

The daughter is visiting, and she brought her Southern Living Incredible Cookies Cookbook with her. She had told me that the chocolate chip cookie recipe in there beat the one on the back of the Nestle bag, the Tollhouse recipe, but I doubted her. As of today, I am a believer! We used my new cookie scoop instead of making the cookies jumbo-sized. Here’s the recipe:

JUMBO CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

1/2 c. butter or margarine, softened

1/2 c. shortening

1 c. firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 c. sugar

2 large eggs

2 t. vanilla extract

2 and 1/2 c. all-purpose flour

1 t. baking soda

1/2 t. salt

2 c. (12 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate morsels

1 c. chopped pecans

Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugars, beating well. Add eggs and vanilla, beating well.

Combine flour, soda and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating well. Stir in chocolate morsels and pecans.

Drop by scant 1/4 cupfuls onto ungreased baking sheets; flatten each cookie into a 3 1/2″ circl, making sure flattened cookies are 2 inches apart.

Bake at 350 for 12 minutes. Cool slightly on baking sheets; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Yield: 2 dozen