Hershey's Great American Chocolate Chip Cookies

Time

prep 0:20       total 1:20

Yield

6 dozen

Ingredients

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
2-1/4 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 pkg. (12 oz.) Hershey's semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375°F. Cream butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla in large mixer bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs; beat well. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Beat well. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.

Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375°F for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool slightly. Remove from cookie sheet; cool completely on wire rack.

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6 Recipe Reviews

jessicapino

This is the only cookie recipe that my dad has always said I make better than my mom! Great recipe; only I'm a Nestle chip girl.

traceyannyoung

hazefish01

Wow - I'm from England and this is the closest I've ever found to getting true American style cookies. Thanks!

gbhrita

This is the great american chocolate chip cookie!

japaneezchica

I had a similar recipe like this that I have used for years and it was always the best. I lost that recipe and found this one, but when I made the cookies, they came out really flat and weird. I think that there is either too much butter in the recipe or not enough flour so I will try to make them again by adjusting the recipe.

trixie4077

I have used this recipe for a really long time.I got it in a Hershey cook book I bought for my oldest daughter's school fundraiser. If you replace the butter with Crisco Shortening sticks and make sure your using medium size eggs I found it works better. I additionally have a fondness for Guiradelli Chocolate Chips so I use their semi sweet chips in the recipe as well. If your not sure of the consistency and are playing around with it just mix it up in a mixer (without the chips) until all of the dough is sticking in a ball to the beater (preferably a flat beater, not the wire wisk ones). If its too wet, add a little flour. If its too dry try adding just a little bit of milk. I found it works well. Additionally you can try dark brown sugar in it for a slightly different texture and flavor as well.