Junk Food Chunkies

Very “unique” cookie ~ sounds weird but SO good! Salty, sweet, and crunchy.

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Difficulty: Easy

Servings: depends on the size of the cookies

Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup light brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 tsp Jim Beam Whiskey

2 1/4 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

7 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped into chunks

1 cup crushed potato chips

1 cup crushed pretzels

1/2 cup dried cranberries (or raisins)

1/2 cup chopped roasted salted peanuts

Directions

Preheat oven to 350. Line baking sheets with parchment.

Cream butter and sugars until pale and fluffy, about one minute. Beat in eggs one at a time, then add the whiskey. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Slowly add the flour mixture to the butter/egg mixture and mix until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chunks, chips, pretzels, cranberries or raisins, and peanuts.

Drop 2 tablespoons of dough per cookie on the baking sheets about one inch apart. Bake until lightly browned on the bottom, 10 – 12 minutes.

Categories: Cookies & Bars, Potluck

Submitted by: quietstorm on May 25, 2011