the best chocolate chip cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups butter flavored shortening
• 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 cup chopped macadamia nuts

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 45 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• in a large bowl, cream together the butter flavored shortening, brown sugar and white sugar until smooth. beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. finally, fold in the chocolate chips, coconut and macadamia nuts. roll dough into 1 inch balls and place them 2 inches apart ungreased cookie sheets.
• bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. enjoy! - they will be chewy. if you like them crispy, increase the cooking time to about 12 minutes. (my mom loves them burnt!)