Name: Chocolate Chunk and Pecan Cookies
Yield: Makes about 18 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup all purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup butter, room temperature; 3/4 cup (packed) golden brown sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon almond extract; 1 large egg; 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans; 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped

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Chocolate Chunk and Pecan CookiesNoel Barnhurst

In 1933, Ruth Wakefield of the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts, chopped up some chocolate bars and added the chunks to cookie dough, hoping that they would blend into the dough as they melted. Instead they held their shape, and Toll House cookies were a delicious creation. By the 1940s they were a hit.

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