Maintain Your Options Open

Maintain Your Options Open

Yield: 4 to 5 dozen

Ingredients:
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon coconut flavoring (optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract (optional)
- 1 cup chopped pecans or almonds (or a mix)
- 9-12 ounces (1 1/2-2 cups) milk chocolate chips or semisweet chocolate chips
- 4-6 ounces (3/4-1 cup) butterscotch chips (optional)

Directions:
1. First, merge jointly the flour, baking soda, and salt; established apart.
2. Next, inside a heavy blending bowl, beat the shortening, butter, sugars, and eggs until very well combined. Include the vanilla, coconut flavoring, and almond extract. Slowly but surely increase the dry substances, a cup at a year, blending perfectly just after each and every addition. Fold in the nuts and chips. Refrigerate for 2 hours or right away.
3. Then, preheat the oven to 375°F.
4. Finally, lose dough via teaspoonfuls on to greased baking sheets, spacing very well aside.