Double Chocolate Pecan Cookies

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 4 ounces chocolate chunks
• 4 ounces dark semisweet chocolate chunks
• 6 ounces pecans, coarsely chopped

Recipe

• 1 in the bowl of a large electric mixer, cream together butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
• 2 add eggs, one at a time, followed by vanilla.
• 3 in a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and baking powder.
• 4 add to butter mixture in thirds, until incorporated.
• 5 mix in oats, coconut, chocolate chunks and chopped pecans.(these final additions may have to be done by hand, using a stiff wooden spoon, if your mixer isn't powerful enough to cope with the dense mixture.).
• 6 drop cookie dough by heaping tablespoons onto greased cookie sheets and bake at 350°f for about 12 minutes, until just beginning to turn golden.
• 7 let cookies cool on baking sheet for a couple of minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
• 8 repeat with remaining dough.