High Altitude Chocolate Chip Cookies

My old roomie, Katie, is a chocolate chip cookie lover/aficionado/expert. She was always in search of the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe until one fateful Sunday afternoon.

Our position in Salt Lake at the dizzying, runny nose-bleedish, height of approximately 4350 feet above sea level means that we have to be mindful of our cooking creations and what ingredients we need to adjust in recipes so they can be masterful works of genius after a few tries. :)

Well, Katie stumbled on a lovely blog that contains the following lovely high-altitude chocolate chip cookie recipe. These cookies are quite scrumptious!

Ingredients:
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon water
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup chocolate chips

1. Preheat the oven to 375ºF.
2. Beat the shortening until fluffy.
3. Add both sugars and beat for several minutes, until light and fluffy.
4. Add the vanilla, water, and egg and beat until incorporated.
5. Sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda.
6. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet and stir on low.
7. Add the chocolate chips.
8. Scoop tablespoon size balls of the dough onto a cookie sheet.
9. Bake for 8-10 minutes.