Deluxe Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup solid Crisco shortening
1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar (half light-brown sugar and half dark-brown sugar)
2 large eggs
3 -4 drops texas pete hot sauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
24 ounces nestle toll house semisweet chocolate morsels
1 cup chopped pecans, toasted and broken by hand

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
In another bowl, combine Crisco and brown sugar; beat until light and creamy. Add eggs, hot sauce and vanilla extract; beat until light and fluffy.
Gradually blend in flour mixture.
Stir in morsels and pecans; drop by well-rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
Allow to stand 2 to 3 minutes before removing from cookie sheets; cool.