Coffee Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups butter flavor crisco
• 2 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 4 tablespoons half-and-half (can use milk)
• 2 tablespoons vanilla
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 4 teaspoons instant coffee, ganules
• 3/4 cup oats (i used quaker quick oats)
• 2 cups chocolate chips (i use 1 cup bittersweet chips and 1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips)
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 cream butter flavor crisco, brown sugar, half and half, and vanilla in large bowl. blend until well blended.
• 3 beat in eggs.
• 4 combine flour, salt, baking soda, and instant coffee.
• 5 add to creamed mixture gradually and stir until well mixed.
• 6 stir in oats, chocolate chips and pecans.
• 7 drop by rounded tablespoon on ungreased cookie sheets.
• 8 bake 8 to 10 minutes (mine bake in 8 1/2 minutes).
• 9 cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet. remove to wire racks to cool.