Aunt Sue'S Chocolate Chip Buttermilk Cookies(Makes Enough For Several Hungry Kids.)

• 3 c. flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 c. shortening
• 1 c. white sugar
• 1 c. brown sugar, packed
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/2 c. buttermilk
• 1 (12 oz.) pkg. chocolate bits
• 1 1/2 c. chopped walnuts or pecans

1. Stir together the flour and soda; set aside.
2. Cream the sugars and shortening
3. until
4. light and fluffy, using mixer at medium speed.
5. Add
6. eggs,
7. one
8. at
9. a time, beating well after each addition.
10. Blend
11. in vanilla.
12. Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk
13. to
14. the
15. creamed mixture, beating well after each addition,
16. using
17. mixer
18. at
19. low
20. speed.
21. Stir
22. in chocolate bits and nuts.
23. Drop by teaspoonfuls, about 2 inches apart, onto greased baking
24. sheets.
25. Bake at 350u0b0 for 12 to 15 minutes or until
26. golden
27. brown.
28. Remove
29. from
30. baking sheets. Cool on racks. Makes about 9 dozen cookies.

flour, baking soda, shortening, white sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, buttermilk, chocolate bits, walnuts

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=511304 (may not work)