Jack carney's chocolate chip cookies

48 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupMargarine - (1 stick); softened
½cupShortening
1cupLight brown sugar; (packed)
1cupGranulated sugar
2Eggs; well beaten
1teaspoonVanilla
2cupsAll-purpose flour
1teaspoonBaking soda
1teaspoonSalt
2cupsQuick-cooking rolled oats; uncooked
2cupsShredded coconut
8ouncesChopped pecans
24ouncesSemisweet chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. With an electric mixer, beat margarine, shortening, brown sugar and granulated sugar until creamy and smooth. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt; add to dough, mixing well. Stir in oats, coconut, pecans and chocolate chips.

Stir until well mixed. Drop dough by well-rounded tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheets, allowing space for cookies to spread. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until light brown around the edges and still soft in the middle. Do not over bake. Transfer to rack to cool. Yields about 4 dozen (2½-inch) cookies.

Recipe Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 12-07-1998 Formatted for MasterCook by Susan Wolfe - vwmv81a@...

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