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A cookie recipe that kids will surely love, see baking directions and ingredients after this jump.

Chocolate Chunk Cookies Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cup flour
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 1/4 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter or margarine, at room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 bag (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chunks (mini Hershey’s kisses work well)
• 2/3 cup smooth peanut butter

Baking Directions:

1. Heat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
3. Beat together the butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
4. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until blended.
5. Stir in flour mixture until well blended and dough forms.
6. Stir in the chocolate chunks and chopped pecans.
7. Using a 1/4 cup measure, drop dough by slightly rounded mounds onto large un-greased baking sheet, spacing the cookies about 2 inches apart.
8. Bake at 325 degrees 15 to 17 minutes, until golden brown around the edges and lightly colored on top.
9. Remove from baking sheets to a wire rack to cool for about 3 minutes.
10. Remove the cookies with a metal spatula from the baking sheet to a wire rack to cool completely.

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