Apple Orchard Chocolate Chippers

Apple Orchard Chocolate Chippers

Makes 3 to 4 dozen

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup apple butter
1 1/2-2 cups unbleached flour, separated
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 ounces (1 cup) semisweet chocolate chips
1 apple, cored and shredded
1 1/2 cup nuts (optional)

Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. In a higher blending bowl, cream the butter or margarine, sugars, egg, and vanilla until mild and fluffy. Add the apple butter and incorporate very well.
3. Insert 1 cup of the flour, the baking soda, and the salt, and incorporate until very well put together. Slowly and gradually add the getting flour, specifically until the dough is no lengthier soaked and sticky. Stir in the chocolate chips, shredded apple, and crazy.
4. Reduce the dough so of teaspoonfuls on to lightly greased baking sheets, spacing cookies above 2 inches aside.