Who is Paul Bunyon?
He is a giant lumberjack in American folklore. He is accompanied by a Blue ox named Babe. His tall tales originated amoung the North American Loggers. He was later popularized by a writer named William Laughead in a 1916 pamplet for the Red River Lumber Company.
As the character is large in size, so are these cookies!
1-1/4 cup flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup granulated sugar.
1/2 cup dark mollases
2 large eggs
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup dark raisins
1 12 oz pkg of semi-sweet chocolate chips
1-1/2 cup old-fashioned oatmeal.
- Preheat oven to 350 ◦
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine and set aside: Flour, baking soda, baking powder, ginger, salt and cinnamon.
- Cream the vegetable shortening and granulated sugar and beat until fluffy.
- Add the dark mollases and eggs.
- Slowly add the flour mixture, 1 cup at a time, to the shortening mixuture, beat well after each addition.
- Add oatmeal.
- fold in the walnuts, raisins and chocolate chips
- Use a 2" Ice cream scoop for measuring the cookie batter
- Dropped onto cookie sheet about 3" apart.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes.
- Allow to cool abit before transfring to a wire rack
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