This classic chocolate chip cookie recipe is everyone’s favorite. A simple recipe which can be doubled and easily customized to fit anyone’s taste. Mom has been making these Original Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies for years.

Mom’s Chocolate Chip Cookies are perfect. This chocolate chip recipe (without butter) has stood the test of time. The special ingredient is butter-flavored Crisco which results in a crisp outer edge and soft, tender center. This is the only cookie recipe you’ll ever need.

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These cookies are famous. Our mom has been making them for an eternity, and they’ve been one of my go-to recipes since I graduated college. I wonder how many trays of these I’ve eaten in my lifetime?

Just recently, a college girlfriend called asking me why this recipe wasn’t on the blog. She and her Mom were having a contest for the best chocolate chip cookies, and my recipe was in the running.

What’s special and unique about this version? These are a chocolate chip cookie recipe with Crisco, to be specific butter flavored Crisco.

By using butter flavored Crisco, you get the flavor of butter but the texture of a Crisco chocolate chip cookie. Crisco is shortening which means there’s no water in the fat. This results in a soft and tender cookie. The edges are barely crisp with a perfectly soft chocolate chip cookie.

Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies

I’ll be honest. Although these are Mom’s cookie, this is also the Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. Both the taste and the chewiness of these cookies are perfect.

I’m kinda a chocolate chip cookie snob. These Crisco chocolate chip cookies are perfect which makes it hard for me to enjoy any other version. However, I really enjoy these Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies and these Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies with Nuts and Coconut.

I buy the butter flavored Crisco sticks. They are one cup exactly which is what this recipe calls for. One stick equals one batch of chocolate chip cookies with Crisco. You’ll find these in the baking aisle at the supermarket or check out our Amazon store to find them and many of our other essential pantry items.

Ingredients to Make Our Mom’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

Butter-flavored Crisco
Brown sugar
White sugar (granulated sugar)
Eggs
Vanilla extract
Flour
Baking soda
Salt
Chocolate chips

How to Make Chocolate Chip Cookies without Butter

Step By Step Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Cream Crisco, brown sugar and white sugar together until creamy with an electric mixer.
Add eggs, one at a time, mixing in between. Mix in vanilla.
In a separate large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.
Add in 3 increments, barely stirring in between.
Stir in chocolate chips.
Add by spoonfuls onto a nonstick cookie sheet or baking sheet. (Line with parchment paper, if desired.)
Bake for 8 to 9 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges and cracked at top.
Let cool on the pan for 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.

Storage Instructions

Let cool completely on wire racks. Store in an airtight container at room temperature. These are best if eaten within 3 to 5 days. Store these in the freezer for up to 6 months. Thaw at room temperature before eating.

For the full instructions and ingredient amounts for Mom’s Chocolate Chip Cookies with Crisco, scroll to the bottom of this post.

Recipe FAQs

Use 1 stick of Butter Flavored Crisco or one cup if you’re using it from the canister.
I use an entire 12 ounce bag of chocolate chips.
Semi-sweet chocolate chips are used most often; however, milk chocolate chips or dark chocolate chips work too.
Do not over mix the batter once you’ve started adding the flour mixture. Barely mix!
For the perfect size and shape cookie, use a cookie scoop like this one.
This is the original Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe.

Mom's Chocolate Chip Cookies are perfect. This chocolate chip recipe (without butter) has stood the test of time. The special ingredient is butter-flavored Crisco which results in a crisp outer edge and soft, tender center. This is the only cookie recipe you'll ever need.

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Mom’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

Mom's Chocolate Chip Cookies are perfect. This chocolate chip recipe (without butter) has stood the test of time. The special ingredient is butter-flavored Crisco which results in a crisp outer edge and soft, tender center. This is the only cookie recipe you'll ever need.

Prep Time10

Cook Time9

Total Time19

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: butter flavored crisco recipes, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chip cookies with crisco, chocolate chip cookies with shortening, chocolate chip cookies without butter, crisco chocolate chip cookies, mom’s chocolate chip cookies, mom’s famous chocolate chip cookies

Servings: cookies

Calories: 125kcal

Author: Megan

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups unsifted all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter flavored Crisco
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups chocolate chips

Instructions

Mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
Cream Crisco, brown and white sugars and vanilla with a mixer until light and fluffy and sugars are incorporated.
Add eggs one at a time; mixing until blended.
Gradually add flour mixture, mixing only until blended. Do not over mix.
Stir in chocolate chips.
Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet.
Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 9 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges and starting to crack in the center.
Let cool on pan for 5 minutes; remove to cooling rack.

Notes

Use 1 stick of Butter Flavored Crisco or one cup if you’re using it from the jar.
I use a whole 12 ounce bag of chocolate chips.
Do not over mix the batter once you’ve started adding the flour mixture. Barely mix!
For the perfect size and shape cookie, use a cookie scoop like this one.
Love nuts? Try our Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie.
Please note that the carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on the products you use. The auto-calculation is an automated estimate and should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.