Heath^® Cookies

My mom always made the chocolate chip cookies from the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook, which were called Chocolate Chippers if I recall correctly. Helping her make those is really how I learned to cook initially (then I started practicing with my house mate in college and got really good).

Then my current room mate discovered that Entenmann’ has a Heath^® cookie that is too die.

This recipe is basically Mom’s chocolate cookie recipe with Heath^® bars. Fabulous.

• ½ C shortening
• ½ C Butter (or Margarine if you are being healthy)
• 1 C granulated Sugar
• ½ C brown Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 ½ C Flour
• 6 Heath^® bars chopped coarsely.

Grease a couple of baking sheets.

Preheat oven to 350°. Cream the butter and shortening together until fluffy.

Add both sugars and continue to cream until well mixed.

Beat in the egg and the vanilla.

Sift the flour and the baking soda together then blend it into the butter mixture.

When the flour is mixed in throughly, add the candy and mix until just distributed throughout the dough.

Take a moment to lick the dough from the spoon or beaters that you are using.

Drop the dough in spoonfuls about the size of walnuts onto the greased baking sheets and bake the cookies for about 12 minutes or until the edges are just a lovely golden brown.

Allow the cookies to cool for a minute or so on the baking sheet then transfer them to a rack to finish cooling. Don't let them cool too long before you eat the first one with a glass of milk or a mug of coffee because they are best when they are still a bit gooey.