Chocolate Chip Maple-Pecan Cookies

These cookies are outrageously wonderful, they bake out to the perfect texture!!! You can sub walnuts for pecans, melted cooled butter for these, not softened butter! You can shape the cookie batter and then freeze to be baked at a later time.

• Ready In: 23 mins
• Yields: 27 cookies

Ingredients

• 3  cups flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
• 1  cup  melted butter, cooled slightly (no subs!)
• 2  cups  firmly packed light brown sugar
• 3⁄4 cup white sugar
• 2  large eggs
• 1  egg yolk
• 3  teaspoons  maple extract (can use a teaspoon less)
• 2  cups chocolate chips
• 3⁄4 cup  chopped pecans

Directions

1. Set oven to 375°.
2. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment or wax paper.
3. In a small bowl whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
4. In a large bowl using an electric mixer beat melted butter with both sugars on high speed until fluffy (about 5 minutes).
5. Add in eggs one at a time then egg yolk beating until creamy.
6. Beat in the maple extract.
7. Reduce the speed to low and add in the flour mixture until JUST blended.
8. Stir in chocolate chips and pecans.
9. Chill the dough for about 2 hours until semi-firm, or up to 24 hours.
10. You can scoop the dough onto baking sheets and freeze to use later if desired.
11. Scoop about 1/4-cup batter onto cookie sheet, leaving about 3-inches apart.
12. Flatten mounds into 3-inch rounds using moistened palm of your hand.
13. Repeat with remaining cookies (you will have to use two baking sheets for this and bake in two separate batches).
14. Bake 1 sheet at a time for about 13-15 minutes.
15. Transfer the cookies to a rack to cool and continue with remaining cookies.