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Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

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1 cup shortening
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
3 ½ cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
¼ cup buttermilk*
12 oz (2 cups) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Cream together shortening and brown sugar and beat until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla and beat till fluffy.

Mix flour, soda, and salt with fork in another bowl. Gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with the buttermilk.

When blended, stir in chocolate chips with a spoon. Drop tablespoons of dough about 2’’ apart onto greased cookie sheets.

Bake at 375 for about 8 to 10 minutes. Leave the cookies on the pan to cool a bit as this lets them get firmer. Use a very thin spatula to remove cookies and let them cool on wire racks before bagging.

I like to use 3 cookie sheets so I can be making new cookies on one pan, one in oven, and the third pan has cookies cooling down on it. Makes about 3 dozen.

*Put 1 tsp of lemon juice or vinegar in the measuring cup and fill with fresh milk to the ¼ mark and let stand about 5 minutes as a substitute for buttermilk.

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Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies