I added everything I love to the basic cookie and came up with something spectacular!
I made a few small changes in this recipe and they came out pretty good. I ran out of butter so I used a 1/2 c of shortening and a 1/2 c butter, I added 1/2 t of butter pecan extract along with the vanilla, and I somehow didn't have any semisweet chocolate chips in the house (a travesty, I know) so I ended up only using milk chocolate, white chocolate, and dark chocolate chunks in addition to the toasted pecans and toffee bits. There was so much stuff in the batter that I thought an ice cream scoop would suffice to scoop them out, and they turned out like big coffee shop cookies. Pretty tasty, but nothing way out of this world.
Read MoreI made a few small changes in this recipe and they came out pretty good. I ran out of butter so I used a 1/2 c of shortening and a 1/2 c butter, I added 1/2 t of butter pecan extract along with the vanilla, and I somehow didn't have any semisweet chocolate chips in the house (a travesty, I know) so I ended up only using milk chocolate, white chocolate, and dark chocolate chunks in addition to the toasted pecans and toffee bits. There was so much stuff in the batter that I thought an ice cream scoop would suffice to scoop them out, and they turned out like big coffee shop cookies. Pretty tasty, but nothing way out of this world.
I am amazed that more people have not tried this recipe. I have people placing orders and paying me for these cookies. I did vary the recip though. Instead of using vanilla extract, I used Vanilla Butter Nut flavoring by McCormick (much richer taste). I also didn't use bittersweet chunks but used semisweet chunks. I also tend to be pretty heavy handed on the toffee chips. Additionally, I used walnuts and pecans. This is a great recipe!!
These are the best cookies ever! I followed some of the other users' alterations and added some of my own for even better results. I substituted the following: 1 tsp. butter nut flavoring and 1 tsp. vanilla (instead of 2 tsp. vanilla), semi-sweet instead of bittersweet chunks, add 1/2 c. toasted walnuts, use a whole bag of toffee bits and add 1 c. toasted coconut. I also used Scharfenberger and El Rey chocolate for the chunks and Ghiradelli for the chips. Next time I'm going to try adding macadamia nuts!
ok nothing special, tastes like any other cookie --- Sorry!
Spectacular is right. Very, very good cookies.