"Killer Cookies" Recipe

Becky named these cookies, because she says they will "Kill any diet you're on". I generally only make them once per year, because I will eat through an entire batch in a day or two if I'm not careful.

Killer cookies

1 ½ cups flour

½ tsp baking soda

¼ tsp salt

½ cup butter (softened)

¾ cup packed brown sugar

1 egg

1 tsp(ish) vanilla (Does anyone actually measure Vanilla?)

1 cup coursely chopped pecans (divided into ⅔ and ⅓ cup)

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chunks  (divided into ⅔ and ⅓ cup)

1-2 candy bars, cut into pieces. (I generally use Milky Way, but Skor turned out really good, too)

Pre-heat the oven to 350

Mix flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl (or sifter) and set aside.

In medium sized bowl, beat the butter and brown sugar until they’re fluffy. Add the vanilla and egg, and beat until well blended. Add your dry ingredients, a bit at a time, beating until it’s well blended. Stir in your ⅔ cups of pecans and ⅔ cups of chocolate chunks, until well blended.

Cut up your candy bars into small pieces and put in a small bowl along with your remaining ⅓ cup each of nuts and chocolate chunks. Mix them up well.

Depending on how you want your cookies to look, either drop spoonfuls of dough onto a cookie sheet/stone (I cover mine in parchment paper), or form small balls of dough and put them on your cookie sheet. (Making the balls or using a scoop will make nice, pretty, round cookies when you’re done.) Your cookies will spread while they’re baking, so give them a bit of room.

Flatten the cookies a bit with the palm of your hand (a little water on your palm will keep the dough from sticking.) Now, take small handfuls of the nuts/chocolate/candy mixture and lightly squish them into the top of the cookies.

Bake 12-15 minutes. They should still be soft when you pull them out of the oven, and not quite set. (If you like crunchy cookies, they’ll be ok if you cook them a bit longer, but I like mine softer.)

Cool on your pan or stone for about 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.