Butter Nut Dreams

Total Time: 3 hrs 12 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened (no subs!)
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 -3 teaspoons vanilla
• 5 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 1/2 cups finely chopped walnuts or 1 1/2 cups pecans or 1 1/2 cups crushed almonds
• 1 1/2 cups mini chocolate chips (optional)
• sugar, for rolling

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, cream butter, oil and both sugars for about 4-5 minutes.
• 2 add in eggs and vanilla; beat well until combined.
• 3 combine flour, baking soda and cream of tartar, and add to the creamed mixture until combined.
• 4 add in the nuts and chocolate chips (if using) mix until combined.
• 5 chill the dough for a minumum of 3 hours (overnight is even better).
• 6 set oven to 350°f.
• 7 prepare a large ungreased cookie sheet.
• 8 take off about 1 heaping tablespoon of dough and roll into a ball.
• 9 roll and coat the complete cookie ball in sugar.
• 10 place about 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• 11 flatten with a fork in a criss-cross pattern.
• 12 bake for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 13 cool on wire racks.