DrunkenCookie is becoming NellieBakes.com!

This recipe is modified from the Dessert A Day cookbook I’ve mentioned in a previous post.

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter (2 sticks, or 8 oz)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 brown sugar, packed
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups rolled oats – 1/2 cup of which is processed in a food processor until fine (optional)
• 2 cups dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup of toasted chopped pecans… mmm toasty
• 1/2 cup sugar for rolling — aka Where The Magic Happens

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees; line cookie sheet(s) with parchment paper.

Mix butter and sugars until fluffy using a hand mixer or stand mixer. Add eggs, mix, add vanilla, mix until blended.

Sift or whisk together flour, baking soda, salt together and add to butter mixture until well incorporated. You may need to stir by hand depending on the power of your mixer. Fold in the oats, chocolate chips, and pecans by hand until distributed throughout the batter; the batter should be thick.

Using a cookie scoop or by tablespoonfuls, roll the cookie dough in the 1/2 cup granulated sugar. Place dough on prepared cookie sheet(s) at least an inch and a half apart. Bake for 9-11 minutes, allowing the cookie to cool on the sheet for a few minutes before removing to a cooling rack. If you bake two sheets at a time, be sure to rotate halfway through baking.

Background on this Recipe

When I first made this recipe, I was disappointed – they were bland! Just ok. Not sweet enough, nothing that says “make these again!”. The cookies looked dull and unappetizing. So what now? I have a whole bowl of dough left!

I’m not one to give up on a whole bowl of cookie dough after one batch.

So I rolled each ball of dough in granulated sugar. And the magic happened. I’m willing to bet that these would taste awesome with a little cinnamon sugar on the outside as well. The cookies tasted sweeter, the flavors popped, and they looked amazing. Hence, the “O-YEAH!” in the title.

Next time you have a cookie recipe that doesn’t seem all that great after the first batch, just give it a nice roll in a little sugar. Ta-da!

These cookies were a hit with my co-workers, so I’ll make these again.