First time cookies

Chocolate chip cookies are one of the first things you bake as an American child so I wanted to start there.

I'll chronicle our progress, but first a couple pictures of the end result:

Chocolate Chocolate chip cookies:

Chocolate Chip cookies:

Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup shortening

1/2 tsp butter extract

1/2 cup softened butter

3/4 cup white sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 cups milk chocolate chips

And now for the Instructions:

Gather all needed ingredients and prepare your area:

Add white sugar, brown sugar, butter extract, shortening, and softened butter to the mixing bowl and cream together on low:

Add vanilla extract and eggs and mix on low until incorporated:

Mix flour, salt, and baking soda in a separate bowl. Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients in the mixing bowl until fully incorporated:

Add 1/4 cup cocoa powder if desired to the batter for chocolate chocolate chip cookies. Mix in chocolate chips by hand:

Spoon onto lined cookie sheets and bake at 350 degrees for approx 8 minutes. Watch your cookies until you get a good idea of how long they will actually take in your own oven:

Allow cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheets before moving to wire cooling racks:

Eat your cookies~!

Feedback from the baker: "It was good, it was fun, but not as fun as I thought it would be." Maybe cupcakes will be more fun.