Soft Nut Cookies
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Recipe type: cookie
 
Ingredients
  • ½ cup shortening
  • ½ cup butter
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • ¾ cup chopped nuts
Instructions
  1. Cream together the shortening, butter, and brown sugar. Add the eggs and cream until light and fluffy. Blend in the buttermilk. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt and pumpkin pie spice. Mix the dry ingredients and the chopped nuts into the creamed ingredients. Chill dough at least one hour (or better yet, chill overnight). Drop by teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees F to 8-10 minutes and almost not imprint remains when touched lightly with finger. Cool.
Recipe by Nutrition Know How at https://nutritionknowhow.org/blog/b/know-your-ingredients-buttermilk/