Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup shortening or margarine

¾ cup sugar ¾ cup brown sugar

1 tsp. vanilla ½ tsp. water

2 eggs 2 ¼ cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. salt

12 oz. pkg. chocolate chips

½ cup nuts, chopped  

Directions:  Cream together margarine, sugars, vanilla, water.  Add eggs.  Sift 

together dry ingredients.  Gradually add dry ingredients to creamed mixture.  Stir in 

chocolate chips and nuts.  Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. 

Comment:  It works well to use ½ cup shortening and ½ cup margarine and instead 

of using one or the other.