Double-Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.8 cup firmly brown sugar light packed
• 0.8 cup butter softened
• 2 large eggs 
• 2.3 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.8 cup granulated sugar 
• 1.7 cups nestlé toll house peanut butter & milk chocolate morsels (11-ounce package)
• 0.5 cup regular oats uncooked
• 0.5 cup pecans toasted chopped
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 2 cups nestle toll house semi-sweet chocolate morsels (12-ounce package)
• 0.3 cup shortening 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

Equipment

• baking sheet
• oven
• hand mixer

Directions

1. Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugars, beating until blended.
2. Add eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla, beating until blended.
3. Combine flour, soda, and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating well. Stir in morsels, oats, and pecans.
4. Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls onto lightly greased baking sheets.
5. Bake at 350 for 15 to 16 minutes or until golden around edges.
6. Remove to wire racks to cool.