Italian pretzel cookies recipe

Ingredients

• Makes 46 cookies
• 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
• 6 eggs, at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 4 oz bittersweet chocolate chips
• 8 oz semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoons shortening