Can't fail chocolate chip cookie recipe...

I have tried a lot of different cookie recipes and this one seriously never fails. 

Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 1/3 cup butter-flavored shortening
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 cups chocolate chips

Mix and bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes.  After you take the cookies out of the oven, let them rest on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a cooking rack.  Another tip to making fantastic cookies is to make a firm ball of dough with your hands before putting it on the cookie sheet, then flatten them slightly.  Compressing the dough like this retains the moisture in the cookie so you have that delicious soft texture. 

You can trade out half of the shortening for peanut butter and they still work.  You can add chopped up candy bar, m&m's, the sky is the limit and they always work.  Have fun and happy baking!