Ritas Ultra Lite Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies Food

OATMEAL PECAN CHOCOLATE CHIP

Steps:

• Make the Go-To Chocolate Chip Cookies, reducing the flour to 1 3/4 cups, and folding in 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats and 1/2 cup chopped pecans with the chocolate chips. Bake as directed.

CHOCOLATE CHIP AND PECAN COOKIES WITH MARSHMALLOW CREME

Steps:

• For the cookie dough: Whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder in a medium bowl.
• Beat the brown sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in the egg until completely combined, then beat in the vanilla. Add the flour mixture and mix on low until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips with a wooden spoon.
• For the filling: Stir in the pecans until just combined.
• Press plastic wrap directly onto the surface of the dough and refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
• Position oven racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F. Line 3 baking sheets with parchment.
• Drop heaping teaspoons of dough onto 2 of the prepared baking sheets, 12 per sheet. Refrigerate the remaining dough. Use your hands to roll the dough into balls, then space them out evenly on the baking sheets. Bake, rotating the baking sheets top to bottom and front to back halfway through cooking, until the cookies are golden around the edges but still soft in the middle, about 10 minutes. Cool the cookies 5 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely. Repeat with the remaining cookie dough and baking sheet.
• For the add-ins: Once all the cookies are cooled, spread 1 heaping teaspoon of marshmallow creme on top of one cookie, then sprinkle it with your favorite holiday sprinkles. Continue with the remaining cookies, creme and sprinkles, working one cookie at a time (the sprinkles adhere best if added immediately after spreading the creme).

MILK CHOCOLATE CHIP-PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Beat the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until fluffy. Add the vanilla and egg and beat to combine.
• Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat until just combined. Stir in the milk chocolate chips and pecans.
• Scoop slightly mounded tablespoons of the dough and roll into balls. Arrange about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, position oven racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Bake until the cookies are set and golden on the bottom, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheets for 10 minutes, then transfer to racks to cool completely.

PECAN-CHOCOLATE CHIP PIE

Steps:

• Basic Sweet Pie Crust:
• For the Basic Sweet Pie Crust:
• Sift the flour, sugar and salt into a large mixing bowl. Using your fingertips or a pastry cutter, work the butter and shortening into the flour until the mixture resembles small peas. Work the ice water into the mixture with your fingers just until the dough comes together; be careful not to overmix.
• Form the dough into 2 disks, and wrap each disk individually in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Roll out and fit into pans and use for pies as desired. Makes 2 (9-inch) pie crusts
• For the pie:
• Roll 1 piece of the pastry out to a thickness of between 1/8 and 1/4-inch and fit into a deep-dish pie pan. Trim the overhang to about 1-inch, then fold pastry overhang inward along the top edge of the pie pan, press, and crimp the top edges decoratively (so that the crust is thicker along the top edge and stands up slightly above the top edge of the pie pan). Place in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes and up to several hours.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Line the pie crust with parchment paper and fill with pie weights. Place in the oven and bake until the top edges are lightly golden and the bottom of the crust is set and no longer looks doughy, usually about 20 minutes. Remove from the oven, remove paper and weights and set aside to cool. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees F.
• Spread the pecan pieces along the bottom of the par-baked crust. Toss the chocolate chips in a little flour just to coat, then spread them evenly among the pecan pieces.
• Combine the eggs, sugar, brown sugar, cane syrup, corn syrup, vanilla, salt, butter, and remaining tablespoon of flour in a mixing bowl. Mix well. Pour the mixture over the pecans and chocolate chips.
• Bake until the filling sets and pastry is nicely browned, usually about 1 hour.
• Transfer to a cooling rack and allow pie to cool at least 30 minutes before serving. Serve warm or at room temperature.