Scott's Recipe

Cookies - Chocolate Chip Famous Amos

Category: Brownies, Candies, Cookies & Fudge

3/4 lbs butter or margarine
3/4 cup shortening or corn oil
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
4 cups flour
7 oz flaked coconut
1 package (12 oz) semisweet chocolate chips
6 oz pecans, broken


1. Combine as listed and shape into 2" balls, 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
2. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes.
3. Transfer at once from baking sheets to paper towel to cool. These freeze well either before or after baked.
Makes 60