White chocolate cookies

1 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupButter or margarine
½cupShortening
¾cupSugar
½cupPacked brown sugar
1eachEgg
cupAll-purpose flour
1teaspoonBaking soda
½teaspoonSalt
2teaspoonsVanilla extract
10ouncesWhite chocolate -- coarsely
Chopped
½cupCoarsely chopped macadamia
Nuts -- lightly toasted

Directions

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and shortening. Gradually add sugars, beating until light and fluffy. Add egg; mix well. Combine flour, soda and salt; add to creamed mixture. Blend in vanilla. Stir in chocolate and nuts. Cover and chill dough for 1 hour. Drop by heaping tablespoonsful about 3 in. apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

Bake at 350 deg. for 12-14 minutes or until lightly browned. Let stand a few minutes before removing cookies to a wire rack to cool.

Yield: about 2-½ dozen cookies Recipe By : Country Woman