Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies

That's really the title. I've been making these cookies since I was a young mother. It was fun to find the recipe in Mom's collection. The recipe is taken from Betty Crocker's Cooky Book. When I was trying to carefully manage my food budget, I looked for and tried several different chocolate chip cookie recipes. This became my recipe of choice for one reason - you could get more cookies per one egg, than any other recipe I tried. The fact that it really is a great tasting cookie and never fails also helps! These have become a Christmas cookie several times - here you see them with Andes Peppermint Chips, but I've also made them with red & green M&Ms.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
2/3 cup shortening (part butter & part shortening)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1½ cups flour
1/2 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup nuts
1/2 pkg. chocolate chips
Oven 375°F Bake 8-10 min.