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My chocolate chip cookie bars are often requested at church dinners. 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OMG these are the best ever!! I may never make chocolate chip cookies again!! I will confess I used 1 1\/2 cup butter and 1\/2 cup lard. That was the only thing different. Oh didn\u2019t add the nuts because of some picky eaters! I\u2019m sure they would only make it even better!!!<\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2011-02-21","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"ajvitale22"},"reviewBody":"Great recipe. It's quick and easy, although next time I will be cutting the recipe in half. It made about 3 pans worth for me and I took one to work, one to my boyfriends house, and then kept one in the fridge for a week and pulled it out for a girls night. 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