Chewy Brownie Cookies

Total Time: 24 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 9 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
• 2/3 cup crisco butter flavor shortening
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375ºf.
• 2 combine brown sugar, all-vegetable shortening, water and vanilla extract; beat at medium speed until well blended. beat eggs into mixture.
• 3 combine flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda; mix into all-vegetable shortening mixture at low speed just until blended.
• 4 stir in chocolate chips. drop by rounded measuring tablespoonsful 2-inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• 5 bake 7 minutes, or until cookies are set.
• 6 cool 2 minutes on baking sheet; transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.
• 7 cookie variation you can use any combination of chips for this recipe. for instance, 1 cup milk chocolate chips and 1 cup chocolate chips, or 1 cup peanut butter chips and 1 cup of chocolate chips, or 1 cup chopped nuts and 1 cup of chips, etc.