chocolate chip chunk cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Recipe

• combine flour, baking soda, and salt. set aside.
• in a large bowl , cream the vegetable shortening and the two sugars. beat in the egg and vanilla. gradually blend in the dry ingredients.
• fold in the chocolate chips and the nuts. cover and chill for 2 to 3 hours.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• drop cookie by teaspoonfuls shiny lightly greased cookie sheets. bake 10-12 minutes and transfer to wire racks to cool. take out of oven when lightly colored - they will darken after being taken off cookie sheet.