Almost more of a confection than a cookie, these are a dense and moist chocolate drop cookie with pecans. Like bite-sized fudge!
Ingredients
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 (14-ounce or 396g) can sweetened condensed milk (1-1/4 cup)
1 (12-ounce or 340g) package semisweet chocolate chips (2 cups)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup chopped pecans
52 pecan halves or candied cherry halves (optional), or
sprinkles (optional)
Directions
- Pre-heat oven to 350. Combine first 3 ingredients in a heavy saucepan; cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate and butter melt. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla, flour, and chopped pecans. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls (about one level tablespoon or a #60 cookie scoop) onto ungreased baking sheets. Press a pecan half or candied cherry into the center of each cookie, or omit and decorate with sprinkles. Bake for 7 minutes or until exteriors seem dry but the interior is still very moist. Do not overbake. Remove cookies to wire racks to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.