Many apologies to my big brother, who has such a severe pecan allergy that an EpiPen is on his person at all times. (Except he usually just takes a swig of liquid Bendryl and goes back to his day, but that’s just how big brothers are, aren’t they?) But these cookies are insane, and if you love nuts in your cookies, you have to make these! These cookies, you guys. THESE COOKIES. After being freshly toasted, half of the pecans are ground up into a flour, while half are chopped for the dough. It’s what makes them ultimate pecan chocolate chunk cookies. It’s two hits of pecans, and you’re going to be totally okay with pecans hitting you. I should also mention that while we’re toasting the pecans in the oven, we’re going to toast coconut flakes on the same sheet. Is this cookie sounding legit yet? (I am only into legit cookies. See my Salty Vanilla Bean Espresso Chocolate Chip Cookies for reference, please).
These ultimate pecan chocolate chunk cookies are from Naomi Robinson’s new cookbook Bakers Royale. Naomi’s book is inspiring, incredibly written, and so beautifully photographed that it makes me tear up. This is the book you pull out on weekend mornings when you want to bake something that not only tastes incredible, but looks incredible, too. Naomi is a baking goddess. She’s my idol. I had a difficult time choosing a recipe to make and share with you, because I wanted to make and eat every single thing in the book! (I’m making her Graham Dutch Apple Pie next!). I settled on this pecan chocolate chunk cookie when I read the instructions and saw that Naomi uses the freshly toasted pecans as flour and chunks in the cookie. When I sent Naomi some photos and played ‘guess what I’m baking,’ she immediately replied ‘You’re making the chocolate chip cookies!" And I had to laugh, because to Naomi, this is just her regular everyday chocolate chip cookie, but for me, it’s an extra special chocolate chip cookie, turned up a few notches. Naomi operates at a much higher frequency than the rest of us when it comes to desserts.
I made a half-batch of her recipe (because I’m annoying like that), and after eating one cookie, I knew I had to get the rest out of my house. I was boxing up a package for my mother-in-law, and conveniently slipped in the cookies. There were no complaints upon arrival. Grab a copy of Naomi’s book, and let’s bake from it this Fall together!
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