Deluxe Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

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

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 in a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. set aside.
• 3 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.
• 4 gradually blend in flour mixture.
• 5 stir in morsels and pecans; drop by well-rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• 6 bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
• 7 allow to stand 2 to 3 minutes before removing from cookie sheets; cool.