Chocolate Chunk Cookies

By MelanieK

Ingredients

• 2 sticks Margarine
• 1 stick Crisco
• 1 Cup Sugar
• 1 1/2 Cups Brown Sugar
• 2 Large Eggs
• 2 Tsps. Vanilla Extract
• 1 Tsp. Salt
• 2 Tsps. Baking Soda
• 4 Cups Flour
• 1 12 oz. pkg. Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chunks
• 2 Cups. Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
• 1 Cup Pecans (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

In stand mixer beat first 6 ingredients 2 - 3 minutes.
Add Salt and Baking Soda and beat 1 minute. Add flour one cup at a time mixing just until incorporated.
Remove Bowl from mixer and stir in chocolate.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Drop dough by ice-cream scoopful onto ungreased cookie sheets. Move oven racks to divide oven into thirds. Bake for 12 - 14 minutes, switching racks approximately half way through baking time.

Cool for 5 minutes on cookie sheet and remove to cooling rack.