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

jessicapino reviewed Hershey's Great American Chocolate Chip Cookies on December 23, 2004

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

traceyannyoung reviewed Hershey's Great American Chocolate Chip Cookies on July 3, 2005

hazefish01

hazefish01 reviewed Hershey's Great American Chocolate Chip Cookies on July 23, 2005

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

gbhrita reviewed Hershey's Great American Chocolate Chip Cookies on October 17, 2005

This is the great american chocolate chip cookie!
japaneezchica

japaneezchica reviewed Hershey's Great American Chocolate Chip Cookies on March 12, 2008

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

trixie4077 reviewed Hershey's Great American Chocolate Chip Cookies on January 13, 2010

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.