Toffee Pecan Cookies

If I had to only have one more kind of cookie for the rest of my life I would without a doubt choose this one. It is my ultimate favorite! Not only are the cookies amazing, but the cookie dough is fabulous as well. I discovered this recipe last spring, and since then have made it so many times! It has always turned out so well and is one I'll never get sick of. My mom found this recipe on the baking blonde, and asked me to make it for some of her friends. It has been my favorite ever since. I hope you enjoy it!

1/4 cup Butter, softened
1/4 cup Shortening/Crisco (I use butter-flavored)
2 cups Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
1 Tbl. Vanilla

Cream ingredients together very well!
Then add:

3 cups Flour
1 1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
1 1/2 tsp. Cream of Tartar
1/4 tsp. Salt

Mix very well, the dough will be very pretty and light brown, then stir in:

1 cup Heath Toffee Bits
1/2 cup chopped and toasted Pecans-I just chop the pecans, put them in a pie tin and stick them in the oven while it's pre-heating. Make sure you stir them around every 5 minutes or so and pull them out when they're golden and smell really good.

Scoop dough into balls, I roll mine too.
Bake at 350 for 8 minutes. They will be puffy and golden, make sure you don't over bake them! They will harden up a bit with time.

You can chill the dough as well, it turns out great either way. And now I'm craving them so bad! I seriously wonder sometimes why I'm not fat. I guess it's a good thing that I like to deliver cookies to friends and that I have roommates to help me eat them :D