Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup butter flavor shortening
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1 Tbsp water
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 to 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1 cup cinnamon chips
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans, optional
- Vanilla Glaze
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/4 cup butter flavored shortening
- 1 and 1/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 3 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 3/4 tsp vanilla
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Slightly melt butter and shortening in microwave (I did mine about 18 seconds). Add sugars, water, eggs and vanilla. Mix until creamy. In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients and mix it all together. Batter will be slightly creamy. Add cinnamon chips and nuts; stir in by hand. Bake 10-12 minutes. We cook them about 10 minutes. They don’t look 100% cooked at that point, but continue cooking and settle in when they get out of the oven. Cool completely before adding glaze.
Vanilla Glaze
Combine all ingredients and beat on high for 1 minute.
*Note about the glaze: It does not stiffen up much. The flavor is amazing, but if you want a glaze that will harden onto the cookies, you would want to pursue another option. Drizzle the glaze over the cookies. I used a squeeze bottle, but you can also use a pastry bag or even a Ziplock bag with a small hole cut in the corner.