Chocolate Chip Cookie Dunkers Recipe

How to make it

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• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line a 9x9 baking pan with foil, allowing edges to hang over sides of pan. Set aside.
• In a mixer bowl at medium speed beat the butter and shortening for about 30 seconds.
• Add the two sugars and the baking soda blend well.
• Add the egg, and vanilla.
• Add the flour slowly, When it gets to stiff add the remaining flour in by hand.
• Stir in the chocolate chips and the nuts.
• Press the dough evenly in the lined baking pan.
• Bake 30 minutes or until golden brown and set in the center.
• Cool 1 hour on a rack.
• Reduce the oven heat to 325 degrees.
• Use the foil to lift the cooled cookies out of the pan.
• Using a serrated knife cut the cookies into 9 inch slices.
• Place slices cut side down and 1 inch apart on a cookie sheet that has NOT been greased.
• Bake for approx. 10 minutes or until crisp. Turn the cookies over carefully and cook another 10 minutes. Remove from oven.
• Cool cookies completely on a rack, then trim the ends square.
• Microwave the 6 ounces of chocolate with the 1 tbsp. shortening. at 50 percent power for about 2-3 minutes or until melted and smooth.
• Stirring twice during the melting time.
• Dip or brush the chocolate halfway on each cookie.
• Place the cookies on parchment paper or wax paper;
• Allow the chocolate to harden. This will take 1-2 hours.
• Store the cookies at room temperature in a airtight container in rows separated by wax paper. You can freeze these cookies up to three months.