12 sticks unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon hazelnut liqueur
1 tablespoon coffee liqueur
2 eggs
21/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 cups milk chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup chopped pecans

In a large bowl, beat butter, sugars, and liqueurs until light and fluffy.  Add eggs.  Beat well.  Mix flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.  Stir flour mixture into butter mixture.  Mix in chocolate chips and nuts.  Drop batter by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheet, 1-inch apart.  Bake at 325º for 16 minutes or until golden brown.

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2 cups oats
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
 
Combine and mix well dry ingredients.  Cut in butter.  Add vanilla and add only enough milk to hold the ingredients together.  Knead the dough well and roll out very thin.  Cut with a small biscuit cutter and bake on a greased baking sheet at 375^ for 15 - 20 minutes.  After cooling, the wafers will be crisp.  Makes about 2 dozen.

6 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup whiskey
6 egg whites
Pinch of salt
2 pints whipping cream
Grated nutmeg
 
Beat egg yolks until light and fluffy.  Beat in the sugar slowly.  Continue beating while adding the whiskey.  Whip egg whites until very stiff.  Add pinch of salt.  Fold the yolk mixture into the egg whites.  Whip the cream.  Fold in carefully.  Serve with grated nutmeg.  The whiskey measurement may be increased by one-half, if preferred.


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