Sweet craving at midnight

Tonight, I had a sweet tooth like nobodies business. Not a damn thing in the house to munch. Once I had committed that my sweet tooth had taken over my senses, it was off to the kitchen. To my surprise, the mess from fixing dinner still awaited me. We had company tonight, and then a very late dinner and I had put off cleaning up the mess. No problem, throw it all in the dishwasher, oh did I fail to mention that I had yet to empty it of the clean dishes. Well, at least they were clean. Once I had conquered the kitchen it was time to whip up something sweet. After the raid on the cabinets to uncover what I ingredients I had to work with, I came up with Butterscotch chocolate chip cookies.

Here is the recipe:

Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 stick butter
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup packed Splenda brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 Tablespoons warm water
2 1/2 cups sifted flour plus 1 tablespoon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon salt
1 handful chopped walnuts
1 cup butterscotch chips
1 handful chocolate chips (that was all I had)

Preheat oven 375 degrees

Toss the nuts and chips and 1 tablespoon flour

Cream butter and shortening. Add sugars, mix well. Add the remainder of the ingredients and mix well. Drop by rounded teaspoons on cookie sheet for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

And the kitchen is clean again.