Chocolate Chip-Pretzel Cookies

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter, softened $
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar $
• 3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar $
• 2 large eggs $
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cups plus 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour $
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 (12-oz.) packages semisweet chocolate morsels$
• 2 cups coarsely crushed pretzel sticks $
• Parchment paper

• Preparation

  1. 1. Preheat oven to 350°. Beat butter and sugars at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy. Add eggs and 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla, beating until blended.
  2. 2. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl; gradually add to butter mixture, beating just until blended. Beat in morsels and pretzel sticks just until combined. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
  3. 3. Bake at 350° for 10 to 14 minutes or until desired degree of doneness. Remove to wire racks, and cool completely (about 15 minutes).
  
  
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• Source: Rebecca Kracke Gordon, Southern Living 

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