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Dad’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Dad's Chocolate Chip Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 6 dozen.
Ingredients: 2/3 cup butter, softened; 2/3 cup shortening; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup packed brown sugar; 2 large eggs, room temperature; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips; 1 cup chopped walnuts

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Total Time

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 10 min./batch

Makes

about 6 dozen

My dad, Art Winter, would tuck some of these cookies in the care packages he and my mom sent to me when I was in college.—Art Winter, Trumbull, Connecticut

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Ingredients

2/3 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
Form dough into 1-1/2-inch balls and place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until golden brown, 10-13 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 134 calories, 7g fat (3g saturated fat), 12mg cholesterol, 81mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate (10g sugars, 1g fiber), 2g protein.

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