Have you ever had the best of both Sweet and a little taste of Saltiness all in one bite? Well, these are the cookies to make because there’s nothing more satisfying than bringing both Sweetness and Saltiness into a cookie. Crisp around the edges of the cookie but soft and chewy then topped with two kinds of covered pretzels, pecans, and chocolate chips.
I’ve been wanting to add these covered pretzels to my chocolate chip cookie recipe for the longest. Just a little back story of how this recipe came about. One of my favorite snacks is the peanut butter and dark chocolate covered pretzels. I started picking up a bag of these sweet and salty favorites from a travel/gas stop here in my city. I knew that these snacks would add another layer of deliciousness to my chocolate chip cookies recipe.
These deluxe cookies are my special occasions cookies. Why only on special occasions? Because it’s loaded with so much goodness that it’s only fair to indulge in these deluxe goodness every once and a while. When you get the opportunity to make these cookies, you will understand why. But don’t say that I didn’t warn you.
Ingredients you will need:
(Please see Recipe Card Below)
- All Purpose Flour
- Brown Sugar
- Salt
- Unsalted Butter (Room Temperature)
- Eggs (Room Temperature)
- Vanilla Extract
- Baking Soda
- Pecans (Chopped)
- Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Baking Chips
- Dark Chocolate
Need to Know – Added Ingredients
The main two ingredients that bring this recipe to life are the covered pretzels. For this recipe, give the pretzels a rough chop or 1 to 2 pulses in the food processor to add to the dough mix. And if you want to add some on top for cookie garnish just set some aside to add the time the cookies come out of the oven.
- Peanut Butter covered Pretzels
- Dark Chocolate covered Pretzel
Want Round Cookies?
Now raise your hand if your baked cookies come out with all kinds of funny shapes? I used to always have problems with my cookies spreading and being flat! LOL But no worries. I’ve been there and done that! But of course, after countless tries, I have finally found a few solutions.
Solution #1 – The obvious is simply using a cookie cutter. You can not go wrong with a good ole cookie cutter.
Solution #2 – If you do not have a cookie cutter on hand. Place cookie dough onto parchment paper and roll the dough tightly close to the parchment paper to form a log. This will help your cookie to form into that perfect round cookie shape. Then place in the refrigerator to chill. This process helps to set your dough. When you’re ready to bake just cut the dough into 1-inch slices.
Solution #3 – After mixing your ingredients take 2 tbsp. of dough and roll into a ball repeat until all the cookie dough has been rolled. Then place the dough onto a cooking sheet and chill in the fridge for 1 to 2 hours.
Solution #4 – Baking the Cookies– I found by placing the dough onto a wax paper or silicone baking sheet, will also prevent the dough from spreading too much. Be sure to place your dough 2 inches apart and place the baking sheet into a well-preheated oven and bake for 12-15 minutes.
Encouraging words for beginners……
I must admit that it has taken me quite some time to warm up to the idea of baking. All I knew is that baking required some sort of formula, a scientific knowledge, mixed with magical powering baking skills that you were just born with! Ok maybe without the theatrics, but you get my point.
Just be patient with yourself and the process while baking. There will be trials and errors. I say embrace them with open arms. Allow yourself to learn all the tips and tricks of baking and/or cooking. Have fun and enjoy your journey!
Sweet and Salty Deluxe Cookies
Ingredients
Recipe
- 2 ½ cup All Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp. Baking Soda
- ½ tsp. Salt
- ½ cup Granulated Sugar
- 1½ cup Brown Sugar
- 1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
- 2 Eggs (room temperature)
- 1 cup Chopped Semi Sweet Chocolate
- ½ cup Dark Chocolate
- 1 cup Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips
- 1 cup Unsalted Butter
- ½ cup Chopped Pecans Optional
- ½ cup Chopped Chocolate and Peanut Butter covered Pretzels
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan add 1 cup of butter and heat on medium heat. stirring until the butter becomes light brown in color.
- Remove Brown butter from heat, pour brown butter in a mixing bowl and set aside to cool.
- In another mixing bowl, add in the Flour, Salt, Baking Soda and Whisk all dry ingredients together.
- Now that the Brown Butter is cool, to the same bowl as butter Add in the Vanilla Extract, Brown Sugar, Granulated Sugar, Eggs and give a good stir to mix all the wet ingredients together.
- To the wet mixture, add in half of the flour mixture, give it a gentle stir, then add in the rest of the flour mixture and stir until all ingredients is well combined.
- Fold in chopped pecans, chopped chocolate, peanut butter chips and chopped pretzels until all is well combined. Cover and chill in the fridge for 1 – 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350° . Line baking sheet with parchment paper or Silicon baking sheet. Then Bake for 12-15 minutes or until cookies are light golden brown.
- Remove from oven and then top cookies with chopped pretzel and pecans while still hot then allow the cookies to cool. Enjoy!