Sadassa'S Chocolate Chip Cookies (With Pecans & Cinnamon)

Directions

1. 1
   Heat oven to 375 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper (or prep with butter or cooking spray).
2. 2
   In a large bowl, cream butter with sugars using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and continue beating.
3. 3
   Dump flour over the mixture into a little mountain. Add other dry ingredients on top and stir lightly through just the dry ingredients with a fork (I skip the sifting of dry ingredients in a separate bowl). Mix thoroughly to incorporate the dry into the wet.
4. 4
   Add chips and nuts, mix thoroughly. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto prepared sheets. Bake in pre-heated oven for 10 minutes, turning sheets around and switching racks at the 5 minute mark.
5. 5
   Cool on a rack if they get that far. My family likes these warm out the oven. I like them best the next day when the chips have hardened. Dough can made into balls and frozen for baking later; thaw before baking.
6. 6
   * For softer cookies substitute 1/3 cup canola or other neutral vegetable oil for 1/2 cup of the butter.