Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies
Soft batch cookies with a rich cinnamon and brown sugar flavor. They fill your house with the scent of homemade cookies drawing everyone out of their rooms. Try switching out the pecans for walnuts for a new flavor.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup butter unsalted
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup maple syrup or additional brown sugar
- 1/2 cup pecans chopped
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees
- In a mixer, combine the brown sugar, maple syrup, and butter until it becomes a creamy consistency.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
- Alternating, combine the dry mixture, then egg, dry mixture, egg until mixed.
- Fold in or slowly mix in the pecans and chocolate chips.
- Place cookie dough in the freezer for 25 minutes or in the refrigerator for at least an hour until the dough firms up enough to handle easily.
- Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place onto a cookie sheet 2 inches from edges or another ball (12 / batch, typically).
- Bake at 325 degrees for 14-16 minutes, allow cookies to cool on a cooling rack for best results.