Chocolate Nut Brownie Cookies

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 beat first 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
• 2 add eggs, beating until blended.
• 3 combine flour and next 3 ingredients and add to mixer, beating at low speed until blended.
• 4 stir in morsels and nuts.
• 5 drop dough by tablespoonfuls for small cookies or 1/4 cupfuls for large cookies onto lightly greased baking sheets.
• 6 bake at 375º for 10 to 12 minutes or until set.
• 7 cool cookies on sheets for 1 minute and then remove to wire racks to cool completely.