Cooking & Baking
In reply to the discussion: For people whose cookies turn brick hard after a day or so. [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,851 posts)is after a day or so freeze the remaining cookies. When I take one out to eat I thaw it in the microwave. That helps. It would work with non frozen cookies also.
I used to make my cookies with butter, in the same amount. Since butter has so much lower a burning point, they'd tend to burn on the bottom. And I wasn't all that crazy about the butter flavor. I like that shortening essentially has no flavor, so I get the vanilla, sugar, and chips flavor.
For my taste buds, walnuts are absolutely the nut for chocolate chips. When I make this recipe with butterscotch chips I use pecans. Just one of my quirks.
I also have a brownie recipe that calls for walnuts. I suppose you could easily substitute pecans. One time I got a request to make my brownies but without nuts and I said, Sure. Big mistake. That particular recipe simply didn't bake up properly without nuts.
It's interesting the way what seems to be a small detail (with nuts, without nuts) can actually matter a great deal.