Instructions: Add nuts if you wish- about 1 cup of chopped walnuts or pecans.

What you do:
Preheat oven to 375. Cream Crisco, brown sugar, vanilla, & eggs in bowl. Mix in dry ingred. & add chocolate chips. Using a teaspoon, drop cookie dough onto an ungreased baking sheet, spaced about 1 inch apart.

Bake for 8-10 mins.
*Very important: Done when center looks a little mushy. This makes them be chewy & soft.

You can also add baking cocoa to mix if you want a fudgy cookie.

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