Place butter in a microwave safe bowl, and melt, but not entirely, you should still see a few chunks.

Add almost melted butter to a large bowl and add the shortening. Add white sugar and brown sugar and beat on medium-high speed until well combined. Stop once to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl with a spatula.

With the mixer on low-medium speed, beat in the egg, egg yolk, one at a time, and vanilla extract.

In a separate bowl combine dry ingredients: flour, salt, and baking powder. Whisk until just combined.

Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture and beat on low just until combined. Do not over-mix.

Using a spatula, gently stir in the chocolate chips.

Cover the bowl tightly and chill for at least 30 minutes or 2 to 8 hours.

Preheat oven to 325F.

Line a pan with parchment paper.

Scoop 1½ tablespoon of cookie dough, roll into a ball and slightly flatten it with your hand. Place cookie on the prepared sheet, 6-8 cookies per pan so they have plenty of room.

Bake for 10-12 minutes, making sure you don't over bake, better to underbake for a cookie-dough-like center. Look for a golden hue on the sides of the cookies.

Optional: after removing the cookies from the oven, press a few chocolate chips onto the top.

Cool cookies for 5-7 minutes on the baking sheet after that transfer to a cooling rack.

Enjoy.