Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies (gluten-free)

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Nothing quite beats a warm, chewy chocolate chip cookie. These Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies are just that…chewy, soft, and oh-so delicious!

These bakery style cookies are on the bigger side and filled with great quality chocolate chips and chopped pecans.

I also sprinkled a small amount of sea salt flakes on the tops of the dough before they baked.

I highly suggest adding the salt flakes, it really balances out the sweetness of the cookie and, in my opinion, enhances the their overall flavor.

These gourmet, thick & chewy cookies are best enjoyed fresh out of the oven and paired with a tall glass of cold milk to go with it.

They’re even better when shared with loved ones and friends.

Want more cookie ideas? You’ll love these:

Sugar Cookie Bars (Gluten-Free)

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Red Velvet Whoopie Pies (Gluten-Free)

Classic Christmas Snowball Cookies

For Best Results:

1. Use room temperature eggs. You can just leave them on the counter for an hour or put the eggs in a small bowl and fill with warm water and that will speed up the process.
2. Make sure to buy good quality chocolate for this recipe, it really does make a difference. We used Ghirardelli semi-sweet chocolate chips. You can even try milk chocolate chips or even delicious dark chocolate chips. 
3. Make sure to melt the butter for this recipe, or you can even use softened butter and that would still produce good results.
4. Cookie dough should chill for at least an hour in the fridge. I highly recommend 1 1/2 -2 hours for best results. Chilling the dough helps the cookies to stay nice and thick while baking and prevents them from spreading out and getting thin.
5. Use an ice cream scoop, this will give you larger cookies…and that’s what we want 🙂
6. Under bake your cookies so they stay soft and chewy. Our cookies baked for 10 minutes, but your oven is different so therefore, your baking time may be a little different. Keep an eye on them and make sure they don’t get too brown on top. 

This recipe makes a double batch of cookies, so if you would like less cookies, just cut the recipe in half.

Making Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies

You’ll first start with the wet ingredients. In a microwave safe bowl, melt the butter. Let it cool down a bit.

Next, in the bowl of a stand mixer or with a hand mixer and large mixing bowl, beat the melted butter and both sugars together until smooth.

Then, beat in the eggs and vanilla extract until just combined. 

Now for the dry ingredients. In a medium bowl, add in the baking soda, salt, and gluten-free flour. Add flour mixture to wet ingredients and beat on high until dough forms.

Last, stir in the chocolate chips and chopped pecans by hand.

It’s chill time!

Cover and chill cookie dough in the fridge for 1 to 2 hours to set up. I recommend at least 1 1/2 hours. 

Use an ice cream scoop (can also use a cookie scoop if you want smaller cookie dough balls) and place balls of dough far apart so the cookies will not touch while baking. Optional, sprinkle tops with flaky sea salt.

Bake cookies on an ungreased or parchment paper lined baking sheet at 375º F for about 10-12 minutes. Ours baked for 10 minutes and they were under baked just a bit. That’s what you want, a nice lightly golden top with golden brown bottoms. 

Allow cookies to cool for about 4 minutes on baking sheet before moving over to a wire rack to finish cooling completely.

Storing and freezing Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies

Store cookies in an airtight container for up to a week left out in room temperature.

If you would like to save some cookies for later, you can always freeze them too. Wrap each baked and cooled cookie in plastic wrap and store in a gallon sized freezer safe ziplock bag. Doing it this way will last a couple of months in the freezer. 

Alternatively, you can freeze cookie dough balls. Place cookie dough balls in a freezer safe airtight container and freeze up to a month this way. Once ready to eat, allow cookie dough to defrost for about 30 minutes before baking as normal.

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