Famous A’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

You can form the dough into small, grape-sized balls that cook into about 12 dozen tiny cookies. If making smaller cookies, check them after 8 minutes in the oven.

Makes: 48 cookiesHands-on: 20 minutesTotal: 45 minutesDifficulty: Easy

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Makes: 48 cookies

Ingredients

  • ½ cup unsalted butter
  • ½ cup vegetable shortening
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 cup cornstarch
  • 3 cups Bisquick biscuit mix
  • ½ cup nonfat dry milk powder
  • 2 Tbsp. espresso powder
  • 1 Tbsp. cocoa
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 12 oz. chocolate chips

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 2 large baking sheets.
  • Cream butter and shortening until blended. Add both sugars; beat until creamy. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
  • Whisk cornstarch, biscuit mix, milk powder, espresso powder, and cocoa together; stir into butter mixture. Stir in pecans and chocolate chips. Form into 1" balls; place on baking sheets.
  • Bake 12 minutes; cool on wire racks.