Chocolate Chip Cookie Challenge....

These cookies are part of the crazy cooking challenge hosted by Tina from Moms Crazy Cooking. Last month it was mac n' cheese and I think we ended up with a blog hop of sixty different kinds of mac n' cheese, It was quite the sight. This month we had to find the ultimate chocolate cookie which couldn't be that difficult, I mean who doesn't like cookies? I ended up borrowing a recipe from Dinners Dishes and Desserts, a fantastic blog written by Erin. The cookies look plain and simple but wait I haven't mentioned the taste yet! They remind me of an electric scooter which putts along at 10 miles per hour until you hit the taste button and BAM!, the scooter morphs into a fuel thirsty, engine revvin', rubber burnin' Nascar doing 200 miles per hour on your tongue!
I apologise for the long winded last sentence but I want to make sure that when you see these little sweet cookies don't be fooled into thinking you have to always have a cookie with nuts and fruit and chunks and chips and ketchup in it, maybe not ketchup but has anyone tried that? Bake these cookies, you will eat all of them.
Here's the recipe from Dinners, Dishes and Desserts:

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup Shortening, I couldn't get shortening so I doubled up on the butter and it was fine
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 1/4 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 package chocolate chips
Cream butter, shortening and both sugars together. Add in vanilla and eggs. Mix until well combined. Add flour, baking soda and salt. Stir until just combined. Mix in chocolate chips.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool. Makes approx 3 doz cookies.

Don't forget to come and visit my bake sale starting October 8th. It's for a fantastic cause and the selection of treats you can bid on are outstanding, check them out here. See you at the sale!