Ultimate Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies

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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
10
Yields:
3 dozen
Serves:
36
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ingredients

  • 34 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening or 3/4 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
  • 1 14 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 34 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 34 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 (6 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips (1 cup)
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans (optional)
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directions

  • HEAT oven to 375ºF.
  • COMBINE shortening, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Beat in egg. Combine flour, salt and baking soda. Mix into shortening mixture until just blended. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
  • DROP by rounded measuring tablespoonfuls 3 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet.
  • BAKE 8 to 10 minutes for chewy cookies, or 11 to 13 minutes for crisp cookies. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet on a cooling rack. Remove cookies to rack to cool completely.
  • TIP: If nuts are omitted, add an additional 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips.
  • VARIATIONS.
  • BAR COOKIES: HEAT oven to 375ºF. Follow recipe above to prepare dough. Spray a 13 x 9-inch pan with no-stick cooking spray. Spread dough evenly in pan.
  • BAKE 19 to 21 minutes or until top is golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and center feels slightly firm to the touch. Cool completely before cutting into bars.
  • LARGE ROUNDS: HEAT oven to 375ºF. Follow recipe above to prepare dough. Spray small area in center of baking sheet with no-stick cooking spray. Cover with 12-inch square of foil.
  • PLACE one-fourth of dough in center of foil. Form into a small circle with spatula or rubber scraper. Spray 12-inch square of wax paper with no-stick cooking spray. Place sprayed side down on top of dough. Flatten with round cake pan or pie pan to form a 7-inch circle. Remove wax paper.
  • BAKE 9 to 10 minutes or until light golden color. Cool 5 minutes on baking sheet on a cooling rack. Remove to rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining cookie dough.
  • CHOCOLATE DRIZZLE OR DIP: DRIZZLE: Melt 1 cup semi-sweet or white chocolate pieces with 1 teaspoon shortening over very low heat. Stir well. If too thick to drizzle, add 1/8 to 1/2 teaspoon more shortening to thin. Drizzle from end of spoon back and forth over cookie. Sprinkle with nuts before chocolate hardens. To harden chocolate quickly, place in refrigerator for a few minutes.
  • DIP: Spoon melted chocolate into custard cup. Dip one end of cooled cookie halfway up in chocolate. Sprinkle with finely chopped nuts before chocolate hardens, or drizzle with contrasting white or dark chocolate. Place on wax paper.

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Reviews

  1. I was looking for a cookie recipe with instructions on making it into a "pizza" for a superbowl party. I found this one, and boy am I glad I did! It baked up perfectly and smells divine! I got the 12" aluminum pizza pans from the grocery store, doubled this recipe for 2 perfect 12" pizza cookies. They are so easy to customize also - change the chips, nuts, and drizzle for 2 completely different "pizzas". This is a keeper!
     
  2. Very pleased with this recipe. I've never made it before today but I had the butter sticks & said what the heck. They taste great & are so simple to make. My cookies were nice, fluffy & soft. I put the batter in the fridge for 10 mins before baking & kept it in the fridge while batches were in the oven so the shortening stayed firm.
     
  3. Great recipe and easy to whip together! I could not see how it would yield 3 dozen unless they were mini cookies. I get 1 dozen decent sized cookies.
     
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