Ingredients

  • 34 cup Butter Flavor Crisco
  • 1 14 cups firmly packed brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 34 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 34 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup pecan pieces

Method

  • Heat oven to 375.
  • Cream butter flavor Crisco, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in large bowl.
  • Blend until creamy.
  • Blend in egg.
  • Combine flour, salt and baking soda.
  • Add to creamed mixture, gradually.
  • Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
  • Drop rounded tablespoonfuls (about 2 measuring tablespoons) of dough 3" apart on ungreased baking sheet.
  • Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes for chewy cookies (they will look light and moist).
  • DO NOT OVERBAKE or 11 to 13 minutes for crisp cookies.
  • Cool on baking sheet 2 minutes.
  • Transfer to cool rack.
  • 3 dozens 3-inch cookies.
  • Note: if nuts are omitted, use 1-1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips.
  • Note: I add 2 Tbsp of additional flour per batch.
  • This makes the batter a little easier to spoon out on to the cookie sheet, and gives you a more full bodied cookie that is still chewy, gooey and delicious, without being flat, hard and crunchy.