Chocolate crunch cookies (untested)

This recipe is written in pencil on a folded piece of paper with two other unrelated recipes. The handwriting may belong to Grammy's daughter Ann.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup walnuts
• 1/2 pound Guittard chocolate [it appears this is a bar of baking chocolate]
• 1 1/8 cup flour

Instructions:

1. Mix ingredients as you would a cake
2. Add walnuts
3. Cut chocolate in half-inch squares and fold in to the batter as the last thing
4. Drop from teaspoon onto baking sheet
5. [No over temperature or baking time is provided but another cookie recipe on the same piece of paper uses a moderate oven (350°F–375°F) with a baking time of 10-12 minutes]