Chocolate Chip Cookies

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1 Cup Butter
2/3 Cup Shortening
1 1/2 Cups Brown Sugar
1 1/2 Cups Sugar
3 Eggs
2 Cups Tapioca Starch
2 Cups Rice Flour
1 Cup Potato Flour
1 Teaspoon Xanthum Gum
2 Teaspoons Baking Soda
2 Teaspoons Water
2 Teaspoons Salt
1 Package Chocolate Chips
2 Teaspoons Vanilla

Preheat oven to 350. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, shortening, brown and white sugar. Add eggs. Dissolve baking soda in hot water.

In a medium mixing bowl, sift tapioca starch, rice flour, potato flour, xanthum gum, and salt. Add the flour mixture to the butter sugar mixture, in three different installments mixing thoroughly after each installment. Add chocolate chips and vanilla.

Form 1 inch balls and place on a cookie sheet.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes