Chocolate And Pistachio Cookies

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 13 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups light brown sugar (packed firmly)
• 3/4 cup shortening (butter flavor or original works)
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 large egg
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup chocolate, chunks
• 1 cup pistachios, toasted, skinned, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 place sheets of foil wrap on cooling surface. beat brown sugar, shortening, milk and vanilla until well blended, then beat in egg.
• 3 combine flour, soda and salt then add to creamed mixture just until blended.
• 4 stir in chocolate and nuts gently.
• 5 drop by teaspoonfuls 3" apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• 6 bake, one sheet at a time, about 8-10 minutes for chewy or 11-13 minutes for crisp cookies. cool on sheet 2 minutes, remove to foil.