Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies by Always Chaotic

3 Cups semisweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup butter

4 oz. unsweetened chocolate

4 eggs

1 1/2 cups sugar

(1 tbs instant coffee granules--optional. Sometimes I use them, sometimes I don't)

2 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups pecans

Preheat oven to 350 (I usually do 375, though). Melt 1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips, all the butter, and the unsweetened chocolate. Stire until smooth. Remove from heat.

Beat eggs, sugar, coffee granules, and vanilla together. Add melted chocolate mixture and stir.

In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt; stir into batter. Fold in the remaining 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips and the pecans. Drop by tablespoonful onto baking sheets lined with parchment (or nonstick baking sheets). Bake 8 minutes until crackled and shiny on the outside and still soft inside.

This recipe is best when the weather is not humid. Usually I use semisweet chocolate chips for the melted chips, but bittersweet for the chocolate chips added at the end.