4 Star Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Submitted by Fidelinski

"Great recipe, ez to make!"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 24 cookies
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 2 1⁄4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter or 1 cup margarine, at room temperature
• 2⁄3 cup smooth peanut butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 (12 ounce) bag semisweet chocolate chunks (mini Hershey's kisses work well)
• 1 1⁄4 cups pecans, coarsely chopped

directions

1. Heat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Beat together the butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until blended. Stir in flour mixture until well blended and dough forms. Stir in the chocolate chunks and chopped pecans.
3. Using a 1/4 cup measure, drop dough by slightly rounded mounds onto large un-greased baking sheet, spacing the cookies about 2 inches apart.
4. Bake at 325 degrees 15 to 17 minutes, until golden brown around the edges and lightly colored on top.
5. Remove from baking sheets to a wire rack to cool for about 3 minutes. Remove the cookies with a metal spatula from the baking sheet to a wire rack to cool completely.