Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Ingredients

3/4	cup	butter	or margarine,, softened
1/4	cup	vegetable shortening
3/4	cup	sugar
3/4	cup	brown sugar	firmly packed
2	large	eggs
1	teaspoon	vanilla extract
2 1/4	cups	flour, all-purpose
1	teaspoon	baking soda
1/4	teaspoon	salt
12	ounces	chocolate (semi-sweet)	semi-sweet morsels

Double chip cookies
1	cup	peanut butter	or butterscotch morsels
6	ounces	chocolate (semi-sweet)	semi-sweet morsels

Directions

Cream butter and shortening; gradually add sugars, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer.

Add eggs and vanilla, beating well.

Combine flour, soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture, mixing well.

Stir in chocolate morsels.

Drop dough by heaping teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.

Bake at 375 degrees for 9 to 11 minutes.

Cool slightly on cookie sheets; remove to wire racks to cool.

DOUBLE CHIP COOKIES: Prepare Best-Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies, using peanut butter morsels or butterscotch morsels and semisweet chocolate morsels instead of 1 (12-ounce)

package semisweet chocolate