Cookies Make Everything Better Blog Hop!!

 

 

Hello crafty friends!

Welcome to our yummy cookie hop today! Cookies make everything better...don't they?  This time of the year we're making our favorites!! If you just happened to stop by my blog today and would like to play along, please start over at Lisa's Blog.  You wouldn't want to miss out on any of the yummy goodness that's in store!!  If you just arrived from  Dena's Blog, then you are definitely on the right track. 

 

For my project I decided to make an invitiation for a Cookie Exhange Party!  These parties are so much fun!!  You always leave with such a great assortment of cookie recipes perfect for the holidays.  And let's not forget lots of yummy cookies too for sampling!!  Here are all the details of my project, plus scroll past my project for the yummy cookie recipe :0)

 

 

Cartridges used

Jolly Holidays

 

Other items used

Solid cardstock - Recollections

Patterned Paper - Recollections "Sugar Plums"

Peachy Keen Stamps - Happy Lashes

Spellbinders - Ribbon Banners

TH Distress Ink - "Tea Dye"

Memento Ink - Black Tuxedo

Martha Stewart - Red and Brown Baker's Twine

Red Adhesive Gems - my stash

Stickles - Stardust

Chalks

Red colored pencil

 

Hope you all liked my project and now onto a yummy cookie recipe that was given to me by a co-worker of mine a few years back.  I just love CHOCOLATE!! And if it has pecans, even better!! 

 

Chocolate Chunk Pecan Cookies

 

Chocolate Chunk Pecan Cookies

1 cup unsalted butter 3/4 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 large eggs 2 & 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chunks or chips 2 cups coarsely chopped pecans, toasted

Place butter in a large microwave safe bowl. Microwave until melted, about 1 minute.

Add both sugars to melted butter and stir until combined. Add salt, vanilla, and eggs, stirring until smooth. Stir in flour, baking soda, and baking powder until just combined and a soft dough forms. Fold in chocolate and pecans.

Scoop dough in desired cookie size onto lined baking sheets. Refrigerate until firm, about 30-45 minutes, depending on the size of the cookies. Leave room between cookies for some spreading.

Preheat oven to 350°. Bake cookies until golden around the edges but a little soft in the center. Baking time will vary depending on the size of the cookies. Smaller cookies (2-inch diameter) bake for 13-15 minutes. Larger cookies may require up to 18 minutes.

Cool on baking sheets on wire racks for a few minutes. Then, transfer from baking sheets to wire racks to cool completely.

Makes about 48 2-inch cookies.

 

These cookies are supper yummy, you should definitely give them a try!! 

 

Thanks for stopping by today,  up next is Janet's Blog. 

 

Just in case you get lost along the way, here is the complete blog hop lineup.

 

Lisa ~ http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com/

Amy E. - http://www.scrapthissavethat.blogspot.com/

Haidee~ http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/

Dena ~ http://missdjones.blogspot.com/

Diana - http://daisylovecreations.blogspot.com/

Janet R. - http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/

Maria Matter ~ http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com

Christine - http://hotberrydesigns.blogspot.com/

Sheila - http://2pawprints.blogspot.com/

Vanessa- http://wwwpaperkraftsunlimiteddesings.blogspot.com/

Michelle- www.scrappinwithmybug.com

Mary ~ http://irongatestamps.blogspot.com/

Elecia - http://creationsby-kahaulani.blogspot.com/