Chocolate Nick Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon sodium bicarbonate
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 12 ounce package (2 cups) semisweet chocolate pieces
- 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts, pecans, or hazelnuts (optional)
Directions
- Inside a large mixing bowl beat shortening and butter by having an electric mixer on medium to high-speed for thirty seconds. Add brown sugar, granulated sugar, and sodium bicarbonate. Beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl from time to time. Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined. Beat in because the flour as possible using the mixer. Utilizing a wooden spoon, stir in almost any remaining flour. Stir in chocolate pieces and, if preferred, nuts.
- Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2 " apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake inside a 375 levels F oven for eight to ten minutes or until edges are gently browned. Transfer cookies to some wire rack awesome. Makes about 60 cookies.
In the Test Kitchen
Giant Chocolate Nick Cookies:
Prepare as directed, except make use of a 1/4-cup dry measure or scoop to decrease mounds of dough about 4 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake inside a 375 degree F oven for 11 to 13 minutes or until edges are gently browned. Makes about 20 cookies.
Macadamia Nut and White-colored Chocolate Cookies:
Prepare as directed, except substitute chopped white-colored baking bars or white-colored chocolate baking squares for that semisweet chocolate pieces. Stir in a single 3-1/2-ounce jar macadamia nuts, chopped, using the chopped white-colored baking bars or squares.
Chocolate Nick Cookie Bars:
Prepare as directed, except press dough into an ungreased 15x10x1-inch baking pan. Bake inside a 375 degree F oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden. Awesome in pan on the wire rack. Reduce bars. Makes 48 bars.
Diet Details (Chocolate Nick Cookies)
- Per serving:
- 93 kcal cal.,
- 5 g fat
- ( 1 g sitting. fat,
- 11 mg chol.,
- 29 mg sodium,
- 12 g carb.,
- g fiber,
- 1 g pro.
- Percent Daily Values derive from a couple,000 calorie diet