Chocolate Chip Walnut Pretzel Cookies

Original from https://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chocolate-chip-pretzel-cookies.

by Rebecca Kracke Gordon September 2008 published in Southern Living magazine.

With the addition of crushed pretzels to the cookie dough, these easy chocolate chip cookies are the perfect balance between salty and sweet.

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 Tbsp vanilla extract

2 1/4 cups plus 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 (12-oz.) packages semisweet chocolate morsels

2 cups coarsely crushed pretzel sticks

Parchment paper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Beat butter and sugars at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy. Add eggs and 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla, beating until blended.

2. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl; gradually add to butter mixture, beating just until blended. Beat in morsels and pretzel sticks just until combined. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets.

3. Bake at 350° for 10 (for soft and chewy cookie) to 14 minutes (for a crisp cookie) until desired degree of doneness. Remove to wire racks, and cool completely (about 15 minutes).