Waffle Cookie Success

After some false starts, I had waffle cookie success.

The Batter

From an old Joy of Cooking, with modifications.

Whisk together:

1 Cup plus 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

Beat until fluffy and well-blended

1 stick unsalted cow butter from a cow

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

Add and beat until well blended:

1 large egg

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 and 1/2 teaspoon real vanilla (no cheap stuff)

Stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture until well blended.

Stir in:

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1 cup pecan pieces

To bake (this is tricky. Undercook falls to bits, overcook burns.):

I used a new little round Black and Decker Belgian waffle iron. 20 bucks on

sale at Kohls. Brush with cooking oil, and heat the iron. Put a big heaping teaspoonful into each quarter of the iron. Press closed, and bake for four and a half minutes. This will vary for different irons. Open the iron, turn it over, and dump the cookies onto a plate. Don't try to dig them out with a fork. They will be very soft, so let them cool a little before handling.

When cool, they have full chocolate cookie flavor plus a nice waffle crunch that

Mom's cookies never had.