6 Tb brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
6 Tb white sugar
1 c flour
1 egg
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 c solid shortening
1 c chocolate chips
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 c chopped walnuts or pecans
1 tsp water
a greased baking sheet
Recipe
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix together the sugars, egg, shortening, vanilla and water. Beat with a wire whisk until smooth and fluffy. Add the flour, soda and salt and mix with a wooden spoon until smooth. Add the chocolate chips and nuts and mix until uniform. Using a spoon, drop batter in 1-2 Tb size increments onto the cookie sheet. Keep them fairly well spaced, with about 12 per cookie sheet. Bake for about 10 minutes. Check the cookies regularly to make sure they are not burning, since ovens vary.
Remove the cookies from the oven when they are brown on the top but still rather soft when you pick them up with a spatula. They will harden when cool.