Deluxe Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup solid Crisco shortening
• 1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar (half light-brown sugar and half dark-brown sugar)
• 2 large eggs
• 3-4 drops texas pete hot sauce
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 24 ounces nestle toll house semisweet chocolate morsels
• 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted and broken by hand

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2. 2

   In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

3. 3

   In another bowl, combine Crisco and brown sugar; beat until light and creamy. Add eggs, hot sauce and vanilla extract; beat until light and fluffy.

4. 4

   Gradually blend in flour mixture.

5. 5

   Stir in morsels and pecans; drop by well-rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheets.

6. 6

   Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.

7. 7

   Allow to stand 2 to 3 minutes before removing from cookie sheets; cool.