Delectable Chocolate Chip and Butterscotch Cookies from Evana Stanonik. Holiday Dessert bake-off Christmas Special recipe. 

Ingredients 

2/3 cup shortening

2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened

1 cup granulated sugar

1 up brown sugar (packed)

2 eggs

2 tsps. Vanilla

3 ½ cup flour (plus ½ cup for high altitude)

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

12 oz. semisweet chocolate chips

12 oz. butterscotch chips

Method 

Heat oven to 375 degrees. 

Mix thoroughly the shortening, butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla. 

Stir in remaining ingredients. 

Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls, keeping them 2 inches apart on a ungreased baking sheet. 

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until light brown. 

Cool slightly before removing the cookies from the baking sheet. 

Makes about seven dozen cookies.