Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

Another favorite cookie recipe from my mom, made so many times for all of her grandchildren as they were growing up.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 Tbsp pancake syrup
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup baking cocoa
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Method:

1. Cream (room temperature) butter and shortening. Add in the sugars and syrup, beating until well combined, then the eggs and vanilla.
2. Add combined dry ingredients.
3. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
4. Drop by Tbsp onto ungreased cookie sheets.
5. Bake at 375F for 10 minutes - for larger cookies - yielding 4 doz (8 minutes -  for smaller cookies - yielding 5 doz)
6. Leave on cookie sheets to cool.

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