Kristen's Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup (2 sticks) softened butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1- 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2- 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2- 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
18 oz. Chocolate chunks
1 1/2 cups rough chopped pecans


Directions:
· Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
· In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla.
· In another bowl, mix together the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
· Combine the wet and dry ingredients.
· Stir in the chocolate chips.
· With your fingers, place golf ball-sized dough portions 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
· 7. Bake for 9-10 minutes or just until edges are light brown. Makes 30 cookies.

One big key in the success of these cookies is to use REAL butter and vanilla. You can replace them with margarine and imitation vanilla but they will not be near as good. Be careful not to cook these too long. It becomes tempting to keep cooking these because they don't seem to be done after 10 minutes, but they will continue to cook for awhile after you take them out of the oven. When cool, will be nice and chewy.