Nemo cookies

Poor Bianca

I was going a little stir crazy thanks to Nemo (aka ~30 inches of snow), a snowed-in car, a travel ban, and non-running MBTA.

So I decided it to bake cookies…warm and delicious right out of the oven, they were perfect for a cold, snowy day. I *might* have had cookies for breakfast. Don’t judge…it’s a snow day, anything goes!


Chocolate chip pecan cookies
Source: adapted from Martha Stewart cookies
Makes about 3 dozen

Just add milk

Mixing up the cookie dough

Ingredients
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 tsp coarse salt
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup pecans, chopped

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Whisk together flour and baking soda in a medium bowl. Put butter and sugars in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Reduce speed to low. Add salt, vanilla, and eggs; mix well until blended, about 1 minute. Mix in flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips and pecans.

2. Drop heaping tablespoons of dough onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper, about 2 inches apart. Bake cookies, rotating sheets halfway through, until edges turn golden but centers are still soft, 10-12 minutes.

3. Let cool on sheets on wire racks for 2 minutes. Transfer cookes to wire racks and let cool completely. Cookies can be stored between layers of parchment in airtight containers at room temperature up to 1 week.