Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies

These pecan chocolate chip cookies uses whole wheat flour to start introducing whole grains into your diet. By using whole wheat flours in sweets, you can get your loved ones used to healthy foods with little effort. They taste delicious and are easy to make!

Prepare: 15

Bake: 10

Total Time: 25

Servings: 2 dozen

Ingredients

1 ¼ cups (187.5g) whole wheat flour
1 cup (113g) roughly chopped pecans
¾ cups (169.5g) chocolate chips
½ cup (113g) softened butter
¼ cup (56g) brown sugar
¼ cup (50g) white sugar
1 large (50g) egg
½ tsp (3g) baking soda
½ tsp (2.5mL) vanilla
¼ tsp (1g) salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375F (190C.)
Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl.
In large bowl, beat softened butter and sugars until creamy. Beat in the egg and vanilla until smooth. Stir in flour mixture just until blended. Fold in chocolate chips and pecans.
Drop 1 tbs of batter approximately 2" (5cm) apart on a baking sheet.
Bake 8 - 12 minutes or until edges are golden brown. While still warm, sprinkle on a generous amount of sea salt onto each cookie. Cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes; remove to wire rack to finish cooling.

Notes

When you are first introducing wheat to your diet, start out small. Try 1/4 cup whole wheat flour and 1 cup white. Over time, replace more and more of the white flour for whole wheat. Even if you only get a small amount of whole wheat, you are gaining a lot of nutrients that are otherwise not present.

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