How to Start Thinking Critically [Where do you Begin? Where Does it Start?]

Learn the starting point for critical thinking, personally, as well as where all critical thinking begins in First Principles, the Foundations for thought.

Critical Thinker Cookies
Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F.
¾ cup salted butter- Room Temperature
¼ cup Vegetable Shortening
1 cup white granulated sugar
1 cup light brown sugar packed
[Mix above ingredients until combined]

2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 large eggs
[Beat eggs and vanilla into wet mixture until fluffy]

3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
½ teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of Sea Salt
[Combine dry ingredients with a sifter into a bowl]

[Mix dry ingredients with wet until combined]

1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips [to be mixed in]

½ cup of chocolate chips to place on top of each cookie [4-5 each]
Place on cookie sheet in small balls.

Bake for 8-9 minutes, the key is to pull them out before they brown, let them rest on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes before removing onto a cooling rack.
Enjoy with a cold glass of milk!