Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2           cup  shortening
     3/4           cup  butter
  3             ounces  cream cheese
  2               cups  granulated sugar
     3/4           cup  brown sugar
  5                     eggs
     1/4           cup  sour cream
     1/4           cup  ricotta cheese
     1/4           cup  small curd cottage cheese
  5 1/2           cups  all-purpose flour
  2          teaspoons  baking powder
  1           teaspoon  baking soda
     3/4      teaspoon  salt
     1/4           cup  milk
     3/4           cup  buttermilk
     1/2           cup  heavy whipping cream
     1/4                sweetened condensed milk -- * see
  1           teaspoon  vanilla
  12            ounces  chocolate chips
  1                cup  walnuts -- chopped
  1 1/2           cups  raisins -- simmered and drained
  2           packages  peanut butter chips -- 10-oz each
  1                cup  coconut
  12            ounces  chocolate chunks

Preparation:

This recipe took First Place in the Dairyland Bake-Off here. Cream shortening, butter and cream cheese. Add both sugars, and beat well. Add eggs, sour cream, ricotta and cottage cheese, and beat well. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, alternating with milk, buttermilk, whipping cream,condensed milk and vanilla. Stir in chocolate chips, walnuts, raisins, peanut butter chips, coconut and chocolate chunks. Drop by heaping teaspoonsful onto a lightly greased cookie sheet 2" apart. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes. Wis/Gramma * NOTE from Jo--Don't know if this should be 1/4 cup of sweetened condensed milk or 14 oz can of the mil

Nutritional Information:

13344 Calories (kcal); 674g Total Fat; (44% calories from fat); 257g Protein; 1664g Carbohydrate; 1685mg Cholesterol; 7197mg Sodium