Pecan Divines - Hannah Swensen

Joanne Fluke's Pecan Divines

2 cups melted butter
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
3 cups white sugar
4 tsps vanilla
4 tsps baking soda
2 tsps salt
4 beaten eggs
5 cups flour (not sifted)
3 cups chocolate chips
4 cups chopped pecans

Melt the butter.
Mix in the brown sugar and the white sugar.
Add the vanilla and the baking soda.
Mix thoroughly. Add the eggs and stir it all up.
Then add half the flour, the chocolate chips,
and the chopped pecans.
Stir well to incorporate.
Add the rest of the flour and mix thoroughly.

Drop by teaspoons onto greased cookied sheets,
12 cookies to a standard sheet.

If the dough is too sticky to handle,
chill it slightly and try again.
Bake at 350 degrees F
for 10 to 12 minutes, or until nicely browned.

Let cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes,
then remove to a wire rack.

Yield: Approximately 10 dozen.
(You can cut this recipe in half, if you like.)