LAMORINDA WEEKLY | All the Best in a Cookie


Buttered Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies Photo Susie Iventosch

My cooking buddy, Jeff, sent me a recipe for buttered pecan cookies from a cookbook called Best of Country Cookies. Apparently, Taste of Home Magazine sponsored a cookie recipe contest in 1999 to find "the best" cookie and published a book featuring more than 250 of the recipes submitted.

When I finally got around to making these cookies, I thought they'd be delicious with chocolate chips ... and they were! The original recipe called to roll the dough in the toasted buttered pecans, but I just mixed them right into the dough, which is much easier and just as tasty. I also substituted the self-rising flour with unbleached flour, plus baking powder and a little salt.

Anyone who loves buttered pecan ice cream will enjoy these cookies. In fact, they'd be delicious with a bowl of buttered pecan ice cream and a spoonful of hot chocolate sauce!