Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup shortening

½ cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs

2 ¼ cups flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
chocolate chips
chopped nut

Preheat oven to 375. Cream shortening, sugars, vanilla, and eggs. In separate bowl, sift flour, soda, and salt together. Combine and add chocolate chips and chopped nuts to taste. Drop on cookie sheet and bake 10 minutes. Let cool on wire rack.