Aunt Sue'S Chocolate Chip Buttermilk Cookies(Makes Enough For Several Hungry Kids.) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 c. shortening
1 c. white sugar
1 c. brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 (12 oz.) pkg. chocolate bits
1 1/2 c. chopped walnuts or pecans

Preparation

Stir together the flour and soda; set aside.
Cream the sugars and shortening
until
light and fluffy, using mixer at medium speed.
Add
eggs,
one
at
a time, beating well after each addition.
Blend
in vanilla.
Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk
to
the
creamed mixture, beating well after each addition,
using
mixer
at
low
speed.
Stir
in chocolate bits and nuts.
Drop by teaspoonfuls, about 2 inches apart, onto greased baking
sheets.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 12 to 15 minutes or until
golden
brown.
Remove
from
baking sheets. Cool on racks. Makes about 9 dozen cookies.