• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 tsp soda
• 1 cup milk
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 4 1/2 cups flour
• Chocolate chips or raisins

1. Cream shortening, brown sugar, and white sugar.
2. Add well beaten eggs. Dissolve soda in 1 Tbs water and add to mixture.
3. Add milk, salt, vanilla and flour.
4. Add chocolate chips or raisins.
5. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.

Growing up, my mom made these chocolate chip cookies. I always loved them because they were soft instead of hard and crunchy like so many cookies. Even after all these years, she still remembers that these are my favorite.