Liz s Astounding Chocolate Chip Cookies

½ cup shortening

¼ cup packed brown sugar

½ cup white sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 ⅛ cups all-purpose flour

¼ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon baking soda

1 ¼ cups semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

In a mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugars. Add beaten egg and vanilla, mix well. Sift flour, baking soda and salt together. Stir into creamed mixture; blend thoroughly. Fold in chocolate chips.

Drop by teaspoon onto cookie sheets. Bake in oven for 6-9 minutes, depending on size. Do not overbake. Cookies should be a little brown around the edges when taken out. Let cookies cool for a few minutes before removing from baking sheet. Finish cooling on rack. NOTE: If you use miniature chocolate chips, you can decrease the amount needed in recipe from 11/4 cups to 1 cup and not affect the quality of the cookies.