Hidden Mickey Chocolate Chip Cookies

Friends I am so excited to share my FAVORITE Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe EVER!  Plus a definite bonus with the hidden Mickey.

Here’s the scoop, I don’t know how less than crazy amazing cookie recipes are still in circulation, I feel like it would be survival of the fittest and only the best cookie recipes would remain in this day and age.  But I have been to enough church, neighborhood, school and community functions to know that there are still less than stellar cookie recipes out there (and I’m not talking like just not baked to my personal preference cookies, I am talking just not great cookies) they are still lurking out there.  So if you are looking for an incredibly sound cookie that you can bake to preference, that freezes well and that is sure to be a crowd pleaser… and potentially the BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE RECIPE you've ever tried then… this recipe is for you!

A few things to note are your elevation level and your baking time and preference will need to be slightly tweaked based on your location and cookie desires but this cookie is so good! I am confident you will be very pleased with this recipe!

1 3/4 C sugar
1 3/4 C brown sugar
3/4 C Crisco Shortening 
3/4 C Butter (salted)
4 eggs medium (or 3 lg)
2 tsp vanilla
5 C flour
2 tsp Salt
2 tsp Baking Soda
Whole package of mini chocolate chips (10 oz package) and 1 C regular sized Chocolate Chips (Guittard or Nestle).

Cream: Sugar, Brown Sugar, Crisco Shortening, Butter, Eggs and Vanilla. 

Combine: Flour, Salt and Baking Soda.  Note: It is important to use a spoon and spoon in the flour to your cup and then carefully level it off, if you simply dive right into your flour container with your measuring cup and pack it in you will get too much flour. 

Then slowly add flour mixture to previously creamed ingredients.  Note: be careful not to over mix at this stage just mix until it is all combined.  Also be sure to mix in the parts of dough that get stuck at the bottom of your mixer, neglecting to do that can result in the flour not being combine enough and some cookies being dried out while others not holding their shape.

Then add in Chocolate Chips

I then use a 1.5 inch (diameter) scoop to scoop cookies.  You can use whatever size you would like just watch closely when baking to adjust time appropriately.

Bake at 340 degrees for 12 minutes for higher elevation and for lower elevations I do 325 for 12 minutes... But if I'm feeling like I want a little more doughy cookie I do 325 for 11 minutes and 30 seconds. The cooking part is where you will want to vary it based on your preference if you like it a little crispier and more of a caramelized taste you will want to cook it a little longer or slightly hotter. 

For Hidden Mickey place large chocolate chip in cookie and add ears with the mini chocolate chips, understand that the cookie will expand and spread the chips while baking so when it comes out if the ears are to far apart you will want to try and quickly move them closer upon pulling them out, be careful not to burn yourself!  Another option is to place large chocolate chip in dough making sure no other chips are around it and placing in the mini chips as ear once you have pulled it out before the cookie cools.