In the Kitchen: Loaded Chocolate Chip Cookie

It's not often that I am willing to try a new cookie recipe, I've got a handful tried and true that I make on a regular basis and sometimes its best to just leave well enough alone.  This past week though I was flipping through House Beautiful and while some would have been distracted by the scenery and design (because duh), I zeroed in on this recipe and couldn't get it out of my mind.  I had the ingredients purchased that day and with a few adjustments of the recipe, had my mixer running at 9pm at night.  I just had to try them!  I was feeling optimistic and even made a double batch my first time out of the gates and I'm happy to report, they didn't disappoint. 

Here's what you'll need...

Loaded Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 C room temperature butter
3/4 C sugar
3/4 C brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 1/4 C flour
1 C crushed Butterfingers
2 C broken salted pretzels
2 C semi-sweet chocolate chips

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.  Mix butter and sugars until creamed, add eggs one at a time until incorporated.  Add vanilla, baking soda and salt, then flour.  Mix until just incorporated.  Add butterfingers and pretzels, mix until incorporated, then add chocolate chips.

Drop tablespoon-size portions onto cookie sheets, bake for 8-10 minutes at 375 degrees or until edges are golden brown.  Remove from oven and let sit on pan about 1 minute before transferring to cooling racks.  Let cool, then enjoy!