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Little Figgy Food

Spiced Chocolate Chunk Cookies

5 from 4 votes
Gorgeous and milk dunk worthy Spiced Chocolate Chunk Cookies!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes
Total Time 24 minutes
Servings: 2 doz

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ¾ cups White Whole Wheat Flour
  • ¾ tsp Cinnamon ground
  • ½ tsp Ginger ground
  • ¼ tsp Allspice ground
  • tsp pinch Cloves, ground
  • ½ tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • ¾ cup Light Brown Sugar
  • ½ cup Sugar
  • 14 Tbls Unsalted Butter softened and divided
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1 large Egg
  • 1 large Egg Yolk
  • ½ cup each semi-sweet Dark Chocolate and White Chocolate bars broken into chunks - can use chips if preferred
  • ½ - ¾ cup Pecans chopped and toasted

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F and line baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk the dry ingredients together.
  3. In a small saucepan over medium high heat, melt 10 Tablespoons of the Butter and cook for about 3 - 4 minutes or until just starting to brown. Be careful not to burn as this stage can burn easily.
  4. Remove butter from heat and add in the remaining 4 Tablespoons of Butter and stir until melted, it will start to foam a bit, but keep stirring, it will settle.
  5. Pour the melted Butter into the dry ingredients mixture and mix using a hand held or stand mixer. Add the Vanilla extract and continue to mix until well blended.
  6. Add in the whole Egg and mix well, then add in the Egg Yolk, again mixing well.
  7. Turn off the mixer and now fold in the Chocolate and Pecans and mix through cookie dough.
  8. On a lined cookie sheet, using a cookie scoop or large spoon, drop the cookie dough about 2 inches apart.
  9. Bake in 375°F pre-heated oven for 10 - 14 minutes or until cookies are golden brown.
  10. Allow to cool on wire rack.
  11. Serve with smile.

Notes

*Adapted from the Taste of the South's Fall Baking 2013/2015*

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