Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs beaten
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup ground flaxseed

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, add cream shortening and sugars.
3. Add vanilla and beaten eggs.
4. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, chocolate chips and ground flax. Add to creamed mixture.
5. Drop by teaspoonful onto a cookie sheet, leaving 2 inches between cookies.
6. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until golden.
7. Remove from sheet and cool.

Yield: 48 cookies

Used with permission from Flax Family Favorites, from the Flax Council of Canada.