My favorite cookie

 
                             MY FAVORITE COOKIE
 
 Recipe By     : Linda Browning Johnson
 Serving Size  : 35   Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Cakes, Cookies & Desserts
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    1      cup           brown sugar -- light or dark
      1/2  cup           sugar
    2      sticks        butter
    3      tablespoons   shortening
    1      teaspoon      salt
    4                    eggs
    1 1/2  teaspoons     baking soda
    3 1/2  cups          all-purpose flour
      1/4  cup           milk
    2      cups          pecan pieces
    8      ounces        white chocolate chunks
    8      ounces        milk chocolate chunks
    8      ounces        semi-sweet chocolate chunks
    1      cup           mini chocolate chips
 
 Cream together the sugars, butter, shortening and salt. Add eggs, one at a time
 , beating after each one. Combine flour and soda in a separate bowl. Alternatel
 y, add the flour mixture and milk to the creamed mixture; mixing by hand just u
 ntil it starts to come together. Combine pecan pieces, chocolate chunks and cho
 colate chips. Fold into creamed mixture. Using a large spoon, drop onto a greas
 ed cookie sheet; press down. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, or until golde
 n brown. Do not overcook! (If using a dark cookie sheet, decrease heat by 15-20
  degrees.) Serve hot. 
 
 Makes 35 (2 oz.) cookies.
 
 Serve to grandchildren with a freezer chilled glass of milk - or to your most d
 iscriminating dinner guest with coffee and Bailey's. Too good to believe!!
 
 Linda Browning Johnson
 PK Lake
 
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 NOTES : From the Crescent Court Hotel in Dallas, Texas