Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies
This take on chocolate chip cookies is chewy, and bursting with lots of great flavors!
Servings: 3 & 1/2 dozen cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup soft butter
- 1 tablespoon & 1/2 cups light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoon eggs
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup quick cooking oats
- 1 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
- 1 cup toasted chopped pecans
- 2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup dried sour cherries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º, and line heavy baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Place the butter in the mixer bowl and beat briefly.
- Add sugars and beat until combined and fluffy.
- Add the eggs and beat until creamy.
- Add the flour, salt, baking soda and powder and beat until combined.
- Add the oats and and coconut and beat until mixed in.
- Add the nuts, chocolate and cherries and beat until combined.
- Portion dough onto baking sheets with a medium cookie scoop or measure at 1 & 1/2 tablespoon each - leave a couple inches between cookies as they will spread out some.
- Bake for about 14 minutes, until very nicely browned, turning sheets halfway through baking time.
- Cool on a rack, store tightly sealed for up a week at room temperature.