Chocolate Chip Cookies, Mega Batch

Mix together and set aside:
9 Cups All purpose Flour
4 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt

In another bowl mix together:
4 Cups Crisco or Butter (softened, not melted)
3 Cups Sugar
3 Cups Brown Sugar
4 teaspoons vanilla
8 Eggs

Blend til smooth, then add flour mixture slowly...a cup or two at a time. It's really nice to have a good mixer for this.

Add:
48 ounces Chocolate Chips (8 Cups)

Stir together. I usually reserve about a half cup of chocolate chips to add after I've used most of the dough up as the last bit may not have as many chips as the first. Spoon out onto UNgreased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 9 to 11 minutes.

TO FREEZE dough spoon out into a quart size ziploc freezer bag. Make sure dough gets into both corners well. Fill the bag carefully avoiding air pockets. Don't put a lot of dough into each bag...you want it to be about an inch thick. Seal the bag, leaving no air at the top. Bags will stack in the freezer and you will have a small batch of cookies ready anytime. You can score lightly with a dull object (I use my knuckle)so that cookies will break off in a neat row and you can bake two or three cookies or the whole bag. It makes getting them out easier, too. Hope you enjoy this trick as much as I have. Nice to have a quick snack or dessert when friends come by. Nothing smells as nice as cookies baking. Also another tip...these frozen cookies are great to give to a new mother. She can bake them when she wants to with very little trouble. I know you can now buy cookie dough, but this just tastes so much better.