Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies Recipe
This is a never-fail cookie; thick, chewy and utterly ice cream ready.
Ingredients
| 1 | cup | butter, softened |
| 3/4 | cups | sugar |
| 3/4 | cups | brown sugar |
| 1 | tablespoon | vanilla |
| 2 | eggs | |
| 2 1/2 | cups | oat flour* |
| 2 | cups | unbleached all-purpose flour |
| 1 | teaspoon | baking soda |
| 1 | teaspoon | baking powder |
| 1/2 | teaspoon | salt |
| 12 | ounces | bitter or semi-sweet chocolate chips (2 cups) |
| 1 1/2 | cups | chopped pecans |
| *While purchased oat flour works best, you can also use regular oatmeal, ground to a powder in a blender or food processor. |
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Cream the butter and sugars together until light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla and eggs.
- In a separate bowl, combine the oat flour, unbleached flour, soda, baking powder and salt.
- Gradually add the dry mixture to the butter mixture.
- Stir in the chocolate chips and pecans.
- Form the dough into tablespoon-sized balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 12 minutes or until the cookies have just begun to brown on the bottoms.
- Transfer to racks to cool.
Preparation Time:
30 minutes. Baking time: 12 minutes per batch
