My (soon to be famous!) Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Today, I successfully convinced my boyfriend that it would be much wiser to allow me to bake him cookies instead of going to the gym together.
Best argument win ever.

Anyway, cookies = blog post! YAY!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick)

2 eggs 

1 cup+1 TBS. brown sugar

1 TBS. vanilla extract

1 3/4 cup flour

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. baking soda

6-12 oz. semisweet chocolate chips (I used ~6 aka half a bag)

1/2 pecan pieces (optional) 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375℉. In a mixing bowl, use a mixer to beat the softened butter and brown sugar. Add in the eggs and beat until fluffy. Add in the vanilla extract. In another bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder. Mix the flour mixture into the butter mixture a little bit at a time.  Add in the chocolate chips and nuts (we happened to have pecans some so I used them). Drop by small rounded spoons onto sprayed (we use a Misto filled with olive oil) cookie sheets.  Bake for about 9-10 minutes. EAT. 

Pecan Pie

Did you know most pecan pie recipes call for corn syrup? Ugh. I didn't realize that was still a thing....
Luckily for me, there's the internet (all hail the internet), so I googled "pecan pie recipes with NO corn syrup" and I found one similar to this:

Pecan Pie

Ingredients:

1 unbaked 9″ pie shell

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

1 tablespoon flour

2 eggs

2 tablespoon milk

2 teaspoons vanilla

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup unsalted butter (melted)

1 cup pecans (halves)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350℉. 

In a large mixing bowl, mix sugars and flour. Add remaining ingredients, beating very well with a hand mixer. Pour mixture into prepared 9″ pie shell. Sprinkle nuts evenly on top. Bake 40-45 minutes. Cool for at least four hours.

***UPDATE*** 

Made this again for thanksgiving this year so here are some photos!! Enjoy!!

PS - I made this for Thanksgiving AND Christmas Eve because it was such a hit at Thanksgiving! :-)

I hope you try it!