Desserts & Sweets

Copycat Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies

A tried-and-true family favorite from Becky's own recipe collection. Here's everything you need to make Copycat Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies at home.

Copycat Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies

Copycat Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies

Makes 48 cookies · ~200 calories per serving (estimated) · 15 min prep · 10 min cook

Ingredients

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup oil
  • 1 egg (room-temp egg)
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Cream together white sugar, brown sugar, butter, oil, egg, milk, and vanilla.
  3. Add in flour, salt, cream of tartar, and baking soda.
  4. Mix in chocolate chips and pecans.
  5. Drop dough by teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 8–12 mins.

From Becky’s handwritten notebook

Every recipe on this site started the same way — written by hand in Becky’s spiral kitchen notebook, usually with a dinner bubbling on the stove nearby. Here’s the original page this recipe was typed up from, smudges and all:

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