Recipe: Great American Cookie Company Copycats - Chewy Pecan Cookies, Sugar Cookies, Snickerdoodles, White Chunk Macadamia Cookies

There are bunch of the Great American Cookie recipes out there, unfortunately the Chocolate Chip one is still one of the one's that has not been "cloned." I'll post a few for you. I could not find an icing recipe for you.

CHEWY PECAN COOKIES

SUGAR COOKIES

SNICKERDOODLES

WHITE CHUNK MACADAMIA COOKIES

Just be sure, when you remove the cookies from the oven, that they appear undercooked and only slightly browned around the edges. This will give the cookies the perfect chewy texture when they cool.

1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup coconut flakes, finely minced
1 egg
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 ounces solid white chocolate, cut into chunks
1 cup macadamia nuts, chopped

Cream together the butter and sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on high speed.

Add the coconut, egg, milk, and vanilla and mix well.

In another bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture and mix until dough forms. Mix in the white chocolate and macadamia nuts.

Preheat oven to 300 degrees while you let the dough rest for 30 to 60 minutes in the refrigerator.

Measure out about 2 1/2 tablespoons of the dough and form a ball. Drop each ball of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet about 3 inches apart and bake for 12 to 14 minutes.

Do not overbake! Cookies should come out of the oven appearing slightly browned, yet undercooked. When cooled the cookies will be soft and chewy like the original.

Editor's note:

GIANT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE PIZZA