Never Enough Time: Time To Make Cookies

I walked by the cookie jar today and it was empty; it's been empty for a few days. So, I thought it was a good time to make cookies. I make these delicious cookies that are filled with so many yummy flavors that they have become my favorite cookie. I call them my Orange Chocolate Chip Cranberry Pecan cookies, now I know that's a mouth-full, but, really, so are the cookies. They're not huge, I don't like to make huge cookies, but I think they are just perfect. Here is the recipe:

Orange Chocolate Chip Cranberry Pecan Cookies

1 cup unsalted butter softened

½ cup granulated sugar

1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 ½ cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

Zest from 1 orange

2 cups chocolate chips

2 cups Craisons

2 cups chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Combine chocolate chips, Craisons, chopped pecans in a bowl and mix.

Combine dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt. Then add zest to dry ingredients, mix in with fork or whisk.

Cream butter and sugars until fluffy; add eggs one at a time beating well after each egg. Add vanilla extract, beat in.

Add ½ dry ingredients to butter mixture, beat at low speed until combined. Add the rest of dry ingredients, mix at low speed until combined.

Now add ½ of the chocolate chip mixture at a time and mix until combined.

This mixture will be thick and may try to climb out of your mixing bowl.

Line two half sheet pans (or cookie sheets) with parchment. Using a small ice cream scoop(the one I use is 1 1/2") drop onto sheet pans about 2 inches apart.