Ingredients
2 3/4 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup butter (best to use the real stuff!, )
3/4 cup sugar, granulated
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
12 oz bag real chocolate chips
1 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Directions
QUAN MEAS ING **
*DIRECTIONS*
Cream together the butter and sugars, add eggs and beat until well
blended add vanilla, salt and baking soda. Gradually add the flour
beating constantly all chocolate chips and pecans.
Cover cookie sheet with wax paper. Using ice cream scoop, drop
cookies onto wax paper. Bake at 325 degrees for 15 - 18 minutes
Courtesy of: Joann Pierce
Servings: 6 servings
Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Chocolate; Cookie; Dessert; Nut; Pecan
The History of Recipes
We can follow the history of written recipes way back into history, at least as far into history as pharonic Egypt, and quite possibly further than that. Having said that, generally, these early cook books were just simple hieroglyphic recipes for meal preparation.
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We hope you enjoy this Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies recipe.
