“Later that day, I’m in the kitchen with Kitty and Peter, waiting for my chocolate chip cookies to cool. For the past few weeks I’ve been on a quest to perfect my chocolate chip cookie recipe, and Peter and Kitty have been my steadfast passengers on the journey. Kitty prefers a flat, lacy kind of chocolate chip cookie, while Peter likes his chewy. My perfect cookie is a combination of the two. Crunchy but soft. Light brown, not pale in color or flavor. A little height but not puffy. That’s the cookie I’ve been searching for.”
–Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han
Lara Jean’s Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
Inspired by Jenny Han's To All the Boys I've Loved Before Series
Ingredients
- ⅔ c shortening
- ⅔ c butter soft
- 1 c granulated sugar
- 1 c brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 3 ½ c flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 c chocolate chips semisweet or milk
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the shortening, butter. Add granulated sugar and brown sugar. Mix until well incorporated.
- Add eggs and vanilla to the mixture. Mix.
- Add the flour, baking soda, and salt to the mixing bowl and mix until all ingredients are well combined.
- Fold in or mix in chocolate chips until they are evenly dispersed throughout the dough.
- Refrigerate cookie dough for 45 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit.
- After chilling the dough, spoon rounded tablespoons onto a baking sheet. Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes. The cookies should start to golden around the edges.
- Let cookies cool on the pan for 1 minute before moving to a cooling rack. Let cookies cool. Enjoy!