Coffee House Cookies (Pampered Chef)

Kim D.'s Note:

These cookies are packed full of chocolate, nuts, and chunks of your favorite candy bar! A great cookie to include on your holiday cookie tray, to give in gift baskets, or just a special treat anytime!

• Total Time: 26 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 16 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 12 cookies

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans, divided
• 1 cup semi-sweet semisweet chocolate chunk, divided
• 3 -4 ounces favorite chocolate candy bars (Snickers is my favorite! See Note)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Combine flour, baking soda and salt and set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until creamy.
4. Add egg and vanilla to creamed mixture; beat well.
5. Gradually add flour mixture to creamed mixture.
6. Stir in 2/3 cup pecans and 2/3 cup chocolate chucks into cookie dough.
7. Cut candy bars int small pieces and set aside.
8. Using a large scoop, drop dough onto stone or cookie sheet, about 3-inches apart.
9. (Cookies will spread when baking.) Flatten scoops slightly with palm of hand.
10. Lightly press a few pecan pieces, a few chocolate chucks and a few candy pieces into each cookie.
11. Bake for 14-16 minutes or until cookies are almost set.
12. (Centers will be soft, do not over bake.) Cook for 5 minutes on stone or cookies sheet.
13. Remove cookies to wire rack to cool completely.
14. ~NOTE~Chocolate candy bars with nougat and nuts are favorite choices for this cookie.
15. Also delicious are chocolate covered peppermint patties, chocolate covered caramels and chocolate peanut butter cups.

Reviews

[Susang]

My son works in an office full of women. Every two weeks I send him with homemade cookies. Tried this last week, they were a fabulous hit. I added the semi-sweet choc. chips and a coarsely chopped Hershey's milk choc. bar. On the top I also put chopped Snicker's bar, milk choc bar and pecans. I doubled the recipe and it made 24 large cookies. After years of baking on the best recipes, I will be making these for a long time. Taking them to my co-workers next.

[Kat Rahal]

Wish I could give this one more than 5 stars! These are so delicious. And easy too. They taste just like they came from a bakery or coffehouse. Definitely in my pile for Christmas cookies!

[Sara S]

These are awesome cookies! I have tripled the batch, using different kinds of candy bars on each dozen. For those who crave a peanut butter taste to their cookies, Reese's work awesome with this recipe!