Chocolate Chip Cookies & A Giveaway

Hello Ladies!

Hope you are all having a great week!  I can't believe this month is almost over..time is already flying by in 2017!

#truth

Today I am sharing our FAVORITE chocolate chip cookie recipe with you guys!  Ive gotten lots of questions as to what recipe we use, and how I get my cookies to look so good...so today I am sharing the recipe and how I make them!

So funny and so true!

Believe it or not, I use the recipe that is on the back of the Nestle Tollhouse Semi-Sweet chip bag....it is THE BEST!  I have tried LOTS of different chocolate chip recipe and this one is still our favorite!  I probably make 2-3 batches a week, and they don't ever last more than a day!  

INGREDIENTS:

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 CRISCO baking stick, butter flavored

 (the recipe calls for 1 cup butter, but I never ever use butter)

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 large eggs

2 cups ( I use the whole bag ...duh) Nestle Tollhouse Semi-Sweet morsels

DIRECTIONS:

1.  Preheat oven to 375

2.  Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.

3.  Beat Crisco stick, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla until creamy.

4.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

5.  Gradually add in flour mixture, until well blended.

6.  Stir in your chips

7.  Drop onto an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 9-11 minutes (I bake mine for 9 minutes 40 seconds, every time, every single batch)

Once I take them out of the oven, I let them cool for one minute on the cookie sheet, then I transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.  

When I bake cookies, I always use two cookie sheets, it seriously makes the process go so much faster to just have a tray ready to go into the oven as soon as you pull a batch out!

And as you can see I don't have any kind of fancy cookie sheet, just inexpensive cookie sheets I picked up at Target.  I have tried using a more expensive cookie sheet, and did not notice any difference, and found that they didn't  hold up any longer than my $6 cookie sheets!  

I think why my cookies always come out looking perfect is because of this cookie scoop , each scoop is always the same size, so they all cook evenly and the same.  I used to just drop them by spoonful onto a cookie sheet, but noticed a HUGE difference once I started using a cookie scoop!  

I swear by that recipe on the back of the bag, the only thing I do different is I use the Crisco baking stick instead of the butter, and I swear it makes all the difference.  

Perfect, delicious cookies EVERY SINGLE TIME!

And because I enjoy nothing more than a warm chocolate chip cookie and a cup of coffee, I am going to give away a $25 Starbucks gift card. 

 Just leave a comment below and check back Friday and I will announce the winner in my Friday Favorites Post!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and let me know if try out this recipe!

xoxo,

Kimm