Choca Blockas

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour plus 2 tbls. flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (2 sticks)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (or milk chocolate or even dark chocolate)
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped (or walnuts)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 275*f.
• 2 line two cookie sheets with parchment paper(or leave ungreased).
• 3 sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a small bowl and set aside.
• 4 cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 1 1/2 minutes. stop the mixer to scrape the bowl several times with a rubber spatula.
• 5 add the dry ingredients and blend on low speed for 10 seconds. increase the speed to medium high and beat till fluffy, 2- 2 1/2 minutes. scrape down bowl.
• 6 add the chocolate chips and nuts with several turns of the mixer, then mix by hand with a wooden spoon until incorporated.
• 7 measure out generously rounded tablespoonfuls of dough and roll them into balls with your hands.
• 8 place the balls 1 1/2" apart on cookie sheets, and press them down lightly to form a flat bottom.
• 9 bake the cookies until they are crunchy and golden, about 1 hour. to test for doneness, remove one cookie from the cookie sheet and cut it in half. there should be no doughy strip in the center. allor the cookies to cool on a wire rack.
• 10 enjoy!