Ingredients
2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup butter flavored crisco
1 1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup malted milk powder
2 tbsp chocolate syrup
1 tbsp vanilla extract (yes 1 tb)
1 large egg
1 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup milk chocolate chips
Directions
Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Get out 2 cookie sheets; no need to
grease them. Mix together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
In a mixing bowl, combine the shortening, brown sugar, malted milk
powder, chocolate syrup and vanilla. Beat 2 minutes, then add the egg
and beat for a second or two, until mixed.
Gradually add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture, mixing well
between additions. Stir in chocolate morsels and chips. I j used
Guittard's BIG chocolate morsels and their milk chocolate chips. BTW,
these cookies are LOADED with chocolate chips!
Shape dough into 2-inch balls. Place 6 balls of dough onto each cookie
sheet, spacing them 3 inches apart. The cookies are pretty big, not
tiny ones.
Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until golden brown. Mine took 12 minutes.
Don't over-cook them or they'll be hard as a rock.
Cool on cookie sheets for at least 2 minutes or they'll fall apart.
Cool on wire racks.
Servings: 1 1/2 dozen
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