Chocolate Chip Cookies

* Always add the chocolate morsels last to the mix. It's best
when they are very cold. Just barely stir the morsels in --
don't over mix.

* Cream the shortening and sugar well. All the rest of the
ingredients can be just mixed in, but proper creaming of the
shortening and sugar is important.

* Make sure that your baking pans are cool between cookie batches.

* Substitute cherry flavored morsels for 1/2 of the chocolate
morsels for a new taste treat.

* Drop your cookies extra thick (use an ice cream scoop), flatten
the top a little, then place the cookie sheet in the refrigerator
for twenty minutes. Take the sheet from the refrigerator and bake
at 375 degrees until the cookie's edges are slightly brown and you
will have a soft centered delight.

* Warm cookies always taste better than cold ones. Heat releases
the flavor of chocolate and nut-meats. Try warming cookies in your
microwave oven for a few seconds or in a 300 degree oven for
about 5 minutes.