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     Title: Orange-Chocolate Chippers
Categories: Cookies
     Yield: 12 servings

     1 c  Shortening
     6 oz Cream cheese; softened
   1/2 c  Sugar; granulated
   1/2 c  Brown sugar; packed
     2    Eggs; large
     2 ts Orange peel; grated
     1 ts Vanilla
     2 c  Flour; unbleached
     2 ts Baking powder
     1 ts Salt
     6 oz Chocolate chips; semisweet
   1/2 c  Nuts,finely chopped;
          -optional

    Cream together shortening, cheese, and sugars.  Add eggs, peel, and
 vanilla; beat well.  Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt; add to
 creamed mixture.  Mix well.
  Stir in chocolate chips.  Drop from teaspoon 2 inches apart on an
 ungreased cookie sheet.  If desired sprinkle lightly with nuts or
 granulated sugar. Bake at 350 degrees F about 10 minutes. g. Makes 6 dozen
 cookies.

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