Brown Butter and Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are just about the best tasting
chocolate chip cookies you can make.
The secret ingredient is browned butter
which takes the flavor to a higher depth.
Add in chopped walnuts but toast them first.
You'll be asked for the recipe by everyone.

Ingredients:
1/4 cup Vegetable Shortening
1/4 cup unsalted butter
2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste
16 ounces chocolate chips

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Place butter in a saute pan and allow to brown,
this should take about two minutes or so.
Add to browned butter the vegetable shortening,
it should melt rather quickly then stir in the
brown sugar, remove from heat and let mixture cool.
In a mixing bowl combine egg and vanilla extract.
In another bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt.
Add cooled butter sugar mixture to egg mixture,
then add flour mixture to the wet ingedients.
Stir to make a cookie dough, add in chocolate chips.
With wet hands, shape dough into 1-inch balls.
Place 2-inches apart on ungreased baking sheet.
Flatten cookie dough down to 1/4" with a glass jar.
Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove cookies to cooling rack after 1 minute.