Dark Chocolate Cherry Cookies with pretzels

Dark Chocolate Cherry Cookies
with pretzels

Ingredients
1 cup butter flavored Crisco
¾ cup brown sugar
¾ cup sugar
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 heaping cups flour
5 oz dried cherries, chopped
6 oz dark chocolate covered pretzels, crushed

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, cream together Crisco and sugars.
3. Add soda, powder, salt, vanilla and eggs to bowl. Beat.
4. Incorporate flour to form dough.
5. Stir in cherries and pretzels.
6. Drop by spoonful onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes. Cool.