Chocolate Chip Cookies

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1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 Cups Cookie Starter (instructions below)
1 cup (6 oz) semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl, beat butter until fluffy. Add egg & vanilla; beat until smooth.

Add Cookie Starter; stir until a soft dough forms. Fold in chips & pecans. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until brown.

Cool completely on a wire wrack. Store in an airtight container.

Yield: about 3 dozen cookies

Cookie Starter

4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1 1/2 cups nonfat dry milk
1 Tbs plus 1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups shortening

In a very large bowl, combine first 5 ingredients. Using a pastry blender or 2 knives, sut shortening intil mixture resembles coarse meal. Store in an airtight container in refrigerator.

Mix may be stored up to 6 months in the freezer. Give with recipes for Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter, and Granola Cookies.

Yield: about 11 1/2 cups cookie starter

[KawaiiGiggle]

thanks for this! it sounds so good!!

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