My Families Chocolate Chip Cookies With Pecans

These are the cookies I grew up baking from the time I was three years old. My mom and Mimi (my maternal grandma) used black or regular walnuts and my (Southern paternal grandma) Grandma Barner always used pecans. So many memories are wrapped up in these cookies for me especially making them with my son when he was little. Hope you make memories with your loved ones with these cookies.

 Ingredients:

    2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

    1 teaspoon baking soda

    1 teaspoon salt

    1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

    3/4 cup granulated sugar

    3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar

    1 teaspoon vanilla extract

    2 large eggs*

    2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) chocolate chips

    1 cup chopped pecans*

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375° F.

Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.

Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, dark brown sugar and vanilla extract in large bowl until thoroughly mixed. 

Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. 

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto parchment paper lined baking sheets 2” apart.

Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Servings: I usually get 2 ½ dozen cookies or more depending on how much of the raw dough I eat while making them!

*Notes:

I always crack the eggs into a separate bowl and then put into the bowl with the rest of the ingredients. The reason why I do this is because it makes it easier to get a piece of shell out if it ends up in the bowl then in a bowl filled with other ingredients.

I use pecans because they are very prominent where I live however any nut you like can be substituted.