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Bourbon-Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Modified: Nov 15, 2021 · Published: Jun 11, 2010 by Anna · This post may contain affiliate links · 14 Comments

Sometimes in life we have to make decisions, but I wasn't in the mood for that today and rather than pick one Bourbon-Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe, I'm sharing two. The first is from an old cookbook called The Sophisticated Cookie and the second is the same cookie but with a few twists.

Bourbon-Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Bourbon-Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies One

The first recipe has a fairly pronounced bourbon flavor, which is probably why I liked it and my daughter did not. The cookies are puffy and thick, but a little pale due to the baking powder. They're very good, but different from the second version.

Bourbon-Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies

8 oz cool unsalted butter, room temperature
¾ cup granulated sugar
¾ cup very firmly packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
5 tablespoons bourbon whiskey
2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour (fluff, then spoon and level or scoop and sweep) 10.5 oz
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
2 ½ cups extra dark chocolate chips
¾ cups pecans, toasted and chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F if you are baking the cookies immediately. Skip this step if you plan to chill the dough.

In bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter until creamy. Add both sugars and continue beating for 2 minutes, scraping bowl often. Add eggs and beat just until they are mixed in. Beat in the Bourbon. Scrape sides of bowl again.

Thoroughly mix together flour, baking powder and salt and gradually add to batter, stirring just until blended. Stir in chips and nuts.

Drop by very generously heaping tablespoon 2 inches apart on parchment lined or lightly greased baking sheets. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until edges are nicely browned.

Makes about 24 cookies

Browned Butter Version

This second version has less of a boozy flavor and calls for browned butter. The toffee bits make the cookies a bit chewier.

Browned Butter Bourbon Chocolate Chip Cookies

8 oz cool unsalted butter, room temperature
½ cup granulated sugar
1 cup very firmly packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 ½ to 3 tablespoons bourbon whiskey 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour (fluff, then spoon and level or scoop and sweep)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt ½ cup toffee bits
2 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips
¾ cups pecans, toasted and chopped plus about ½ cup halves sea salt flakes

Start by browning the butter in a small saucepan. Transfer it to a small bowl, then refrigerate until it sets. This should take about an hour.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F if you are baking the cookies immediately. Skip this step if you plan to chill the dough.

In bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter until creamy. Add both sugars and continue beating for 2 minutes, scraping bowl often. Add eggs and beat just until they are mixed in. Beat in the bourbon and vanilla. Scrape sides of bowl again.

Thoroughly mix together flour, baking soda and salt and gradually add to batter, stirring just until blended. Stir in toffee bits, chips and nuts.

Drop by very generously heaping tablespoon 2 inches apart on parchment lined or lightly greased baking sheets. Top each cookie with a pecan halve and sprinkle with sea salt. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until edges are nicely browned.

Makes about 24 cookies

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  1. barbi says

    June 14, 2010 at 7:47 pm

    ooohhh, these sound yummy! will have to try them!!

    my local library has the cookbook!! got it on reserve now!!

  2. Kimmie R says

    June 14, 2010 at 8:57 am

    Chocolate Chips cookies and Bourbon (especially Wild Turkey) are my dad's 2 favorite things. I have to make these for Father's Day. Thanks so much, they look wonderful!

  3. Chef Dennis says

    June 14, 2010 at 5:55 am

    bourbon in my cookies....wow.....I know my brother would love these! Hope you had a wonderful time at Disney, its been way to long since I have been down there!

  4. Anna says

    June 12, 2010 at 7:22 am

    Ha Ha. Ramble away! I like hearing what everyone's making.

  5. Anna says

    June 12, 2010 at 7:19 am

    Thanks Jenn! I thought of you as I was reading a book of creativity tips from Imagineers.

  6. justJENN says

    June 12, 2010 at 1:21 am

    Welcome home!!!

  7. mags says

    June 11, 2010 at 9:36 pm

    Bourbon..*sigh*.... as if chocolate chip cookies aren't addictive enough...LOL

  8. Debbi Does Dinner Healthy says

    June 11, 2010 at 7:53 pm

    Interesting, I've never heard of bourbon cookies. Sounds good though! The german chocolate thing sounds interesting. I just saw a recipe for german chocolate coconut pecan frosting. I have been making Amish Friendship bread and blogging about it, I was thinking about doing a german chocolate next time around. It's the husbands favorites. I actually think that I made something of yours that was german chocolate related. Not sure what it was though. I'm rambling, sorry.

  9. Sue says

    June 11, 2010 at 4:22 pm

    Bourbon. I've never tasted it in a beverage, but I once had some chocolates laced with Kentucky bourbon and I didn't appreciate it. Ever since then I shy away from anything with bourbon in it. I'm probably missing out on all kinds of good stuff.

  10. Angela says

    June 11, 2010 at 2:45 pm

    Oooh! I just finished undergrad (graduating this Sunday!!!), and although this undoubtedly signals an end to the craziest of my college years, I would still love to get my hands on a cook book like this!

    I may just have to give in once my last campus-job paycheck comes in a few weeks 😉

    Can't wait to see your Disney photos. It'll still be another couple of years til we make it back there (after my lil sis graduates from high school), but I'm dreaming of San Angel Inn already.

  11. Louise says

    June 11, 2010 at 2:38 pm

    According to my food calendar, today is "National German Chocolate Cake Day", so get mixing those cookies. I think they are close enough to count. Right now I'm baking another batch of Tahiti Blondies including my proposed changes and a couple additions since I looked at the Sugar Daddy ingredients. The batter was wonderful. 🙂

  12. Carol A, says

    June 11, 2010 at 2:37 pm

    Bourbon = "household staple." Love it! 🙂

  13. Anna says

    June 11, 2010 at 2:21 pm

    Lisa, the Bourbon cookies are good, but I've already bought the ingredients for the German Chocolate Chip Cookies and plan on making the dough today. The dough requires a long chill so the cookies won't be up until tomorrow.

  14. Lisa Ernst says

    June 11, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    It never occurred to me that a cc cookie recipe might call for bourbon. Yet this is kind of intriguing. I actually haven't tasted bourbon since my wild teenage years, when I tried it once or twice and found it just to horrible to tolerate. Really, I was too young to be trying something like bourbon anyway. No doubt my taste has matured since then and I would probably appreciate it now. But for the moment I'm patiently waiting for the German chocolate chip cookie clone recipe!

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