• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup shortening

 

• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda dissolved in 1 Tablespoon water
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 5 cups flour
• ½ cup walnuts- chopped

Mix sugars, butter, shortening & eggs until homogenous.

Add eggs & baking soda- mix. Add cinnamon, flour & walnuts- stir just until blended.

Divide mixture into 4 portions onto wax paper. Form into a log approximately 1 ¼” high by 3” wide.

Refrigerate overnight. Cut the logs into ¼” slices and bake fairly close together for 12 minutes at 350⁰.