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Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
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In a medium bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking soda.
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Gently mix these together and then set this bowl aside.
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In a large bowl, beat together shortening, brown sugar, white sugar, and pure vanilla.
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When those are completely mixed together, add eggs and mix again until completely combined.
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Slowly add the dry ingredients from the medium bowl to the wet ingredients in the large bowl, mixing until the dry ingredients are totally combined.
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At this point you should have a moderately thick cookie dough.
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Add chocolate chips, M&M's or almonds or whatever you prefer.
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Mix together.
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Scoop up a golf ball size amount of dough with a spoon and drop in onto a cookie sheet.
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Leave at least an inch of space between the cookies because they'll spread out when they cook.
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You can usually fit 12 cookies on a cookie sheet at a time.
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Put the cookies in the oven and bake for about 8-10 minutes.
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You'll want to check them after 8 minutes, but if they look doughy, you'll want to cook them for another couple of minutes.
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After 10 minutes, remove the pan from the oven and let the cookies sit on the pan for 3-5 minutes.
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Using a spatula, lift cookies off onto wax paper or tin foil.
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Let cool for about 5 more minutes.
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Eat and enjoy!
