Inside Out Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 large eggs
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped pecans or 1 cup walnuts

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f.
• 2 using a hand mixer, cream sugars, butter and shortening together until well mixed and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
• 3 add vanilla and eggs and mix well.
• 4 stir flour in it's container and spoon lightly into the measuring cup and level off when measuring.
• 5 stir flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt together in a bowl.
• 6 add flour mixture to creamed butter mixture and mix until well combined.
• 7 stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
• 8 drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls or a small cookie scoop about 2-inches apart onto ungreased or a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
• 9 bake 10-12 minutes or until set when you touch the tops.
• 10 cool slightly; remove form cookie sheet.
• 11 cool on wire rack.
• 12 note: i always get better cookies that spread less when i chill my dough first.
• 13 that's one of my cookie baking secrets.