chocolate chunk drop cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter ((or 1/3 cup ghee))
• 1 cup sucanat, jaggery or 1 cup turbinado sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups flour ((can use whole flours if desired))
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
• 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chunk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 melt butter in saucepan.
• 3 add sucanat to melted butter and melt together slowly over low heat, stirring frequently combine and sift in large mixing bowl: flour, salt, baking soda.
• 4 beat egg in small dish and mix in vanilla extract.
• 5 remove saucepan from heat and let cool somewhat.
• 6 add butter-sugar mix and egg-vanilla mix into large bowl with dry ingredients; beat together fold in walnuts and chocolate chunks.
• 7 drop cookie dough from a spoon onto greased cookie sheets (you will need 2) bake about 10 minutes.
• 8 note: you can make this into a killer chocolate chip oatmeal cookie by reducing the flour to 1 cup and adding 1/2 cup oats. this is how i make them now. delish!!!