Pioneer Picnic Cookies

Submitted by Jellyqueen

"This is another of those recipes that I found while hunting a recipe to make for which I already had the ingredients on hand. This came from a little free cookbook I received several years ago called Capital Cookbooks."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 6-7 dozen

ingredients

• 2⁄3 cup softened butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 (12 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2⁄3 cup butter flavor shortening
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups chopped walnuts

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Blend butter and shortening until smooth.
3. Add both sugars and cream well.
4. Add eggs, beating after each egg.
5. Stir in vanilla.
6. Mix dry ingredients and gradually add to batter.
7. Add chocolate chips and nuts.
8. Mix well and drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheet.
9. Bake for 8- 10 minutes, depending on you oven.
10. Cool briefly on baking sheet then move to cooling rack to cool completely.

Reviews

[Kerry Ciulla]

My oldest son Jason helped me make these and we shared them with all the kids in our neighborhood along with some kool-aid. Everyone enjoyed them and believe me...they didn't last long. They came out DELICOUS! I was also happy about the amount this recipe made. I was able to make 7 dozen!! So we had an extra few dozen to wrap up and put away. Thanks for the GREAT recipe...like you said, it's ingredients we usually have in our pantry and I'll definitally be making them again. Kerry