Grand Prize Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

From Chesterton Inns The Search for the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie by Gwen Steege

• Ready In: 17 mins
• Serves: 18
• Yields: 3 dozen

Ingredients

• 1 3⁄4 cups flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1  cup butter, softened
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1  cup granulated sugar
• 1⁄2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1  egg, beaten
• 1⁄3 cup  unsweetened cocoa
• 2  tablespoons milk
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped pecans
• 12  ounces  miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Combine flour& baking soda; set aside.
2. Cream butter, add vanilla& sugars and beat until fluffy.
3. Beat in egg.
4. At low speed of electric mixer, beat in cocoa then milk.
5. Add dry ingredients and beat on low until blended.
6. Stir in nuts and chocolate chips.
7. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto nonstick cookie sheets.
8. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 14 minutes.
9. Remove from oven and cool 3 minutes on cookie sheet before removing to rack to cool completely.