Recipe - Chocolate Chunk Pecan Cookies

1 Stick butter; softened
One half cup White sugar
One half cup Dark brown sugar
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 cup Plus 2 tablespoons
allpurpose flour
One half teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One half cup Pecans; chopped
6 ounce Good quality bittersweet or
semisweet chocolate;
chopped coarsely

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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Place the butter in the bowl of an
electric mixer and beat until creamy. Add the sugars and beat until light
and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat well to combine. Sift together
the dry ingredients and add to the batter, mixing well. Remove bowl from
mixer (be sure to scrape the beater) and stir in the nuts and chocolate
chunks by hand. Drop by teaspoons onto greased cookie sheets and bake 8 to
10 minutes until lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes on sheets then remove
cookies with a spatula to racks to cool.

Posted to recipeludigest by molony molony@scsn.net on Feb 24, 1998