Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies
From: Sandra, Georgia, USA
Comments: You can freeze unbaked cookie dough to thaw, shape and bake within 4 months.
Servings: 12 cookies
  • 1/2 pound [227 g] butter or margarine
  • 1 cup [250 mL] packed light brown sugar
  • 1 cup [200 g] sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 cups [750 mL] bisquick dough
  • 1 cup [250 mL] cornstarch
  • 1/2 cup [125 m] nonfat milk powder
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] sanka or coffee powder
  • 1 tablespoon [15 mL] unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tablespoon [15 mL] vanilla
  • 12 ounces [340 g] semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 4 ounces [113 g] well-chopped pecans
  • Preheat oven to 350°F [180°C].
  • At high speed of an electric mixer, cream butter or margarine until light and fluffy.
  • Beat in brown sugar and sugar, until very creamy.
  • Beat in eggs, then bisquick dough, cornstarch, nonfat milk powder, sanka or coffee powder, unsweetened cocoa powder and vanilla, until smooth.
  • Work in chips and pecans with a spoon.
  • Shape dough into grape-size pieces of each cookie.
  • Arrange 1 inch [2.5 cm] appart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
  • Bake into preheated oven for approximately 14 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Leave to cool on rack for chewing cookies, or transfer slightly cooled cookies onto a wire rack to cool completely for crispier cookies.