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Cookies!!!

Cookies and craft beer. Thats what Landry leaves out for Santa. The jolly old elfs tastes sure

have changed over the years!

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30 years ago, his choice of treat while making the brief stop at our house was always a glass of

milk and a slice of chocolate pie. I remember asking my dad why we didnt leave cookies out

like everyone else did.

He eats cookies all night, Shiner. By the time he makes it to Texas, hell be hankerin for

somethin different.

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(Yep, my dad still says hankerin. And yep, I had a nickname that would end up the name of a

popular beer. Go look up foreshadowing if you need to and then giggle.)

You can be sure, though, if something had prevented Santa from visiting our house, a fear we 4kids secretly had and all secretly had pre-pinned fault on my troublemaker sister Kristen, that

chocolate pie would have never gone to waste.

Because coincidentally [wink wink], it was also my dads very favorite pie.

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We were pie people. So on Christmas Eve, before and after we visited my MeMaw & PaPashouse to open gifts, we baked pies. And when we woke up before dawn on Christmas morning,

there was always a single bite of chocolate pie left on the plate fueling our belief in Santa that

much longer.

Because no way in hell would my dad had ever left a perfectly good bite of chocolate pie behind.

(I can just see that heavy-whispered argument go down between my mom and dad, as muchtradition in our house as the slice of pie itself, no doubt: Dont eat it all! Why not? Because!

Because why? Because it needs to look like Santa ate it! BUT ITS CHOCOLATE PIE!!!)

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The Santa of today prefers cookies and a glass of Texas beer on his brief stop in Katy, Texas. Socookies he will get. Chewy cookies studded with butterscotch chips, pecans roasted in browned

butter, and a sprinkle of salt over top.

As for the beer, Santa will get a tall frosty mug (unless he decides to bring me those fancy beer

glasses Ive been wanting) of our homebrew Cousin Eddies Christmas Ale its a strong ale

flavored with oak, bourbon and vanilla bean. Although, at a whopping 9% ABV, hell probably

have to settle for a flight glass unless he wants to stick around a while

Merry Christmas Eve!

Chewy Butter Pecan Cookies

Thick and chewy cookies studded with pecans roasted in browned butter and butterscotch chips.

Ingredients

For the pecans

6 oz pecan halves, roughly chopped

3 Tbsp butter

Salt

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For the cookies

2 cups + 2 Tbsp flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt, plus an extra pinch for sprinkling

12 Tbsp butter, melted and cooled

1 cup packed dark brown sugar 1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

1 egg yolk

2 tsp vanilla

12 oz pkg of butterscotch chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375.

2. Over medium heat, brown the butter in a small sauce pan, scraping the bottom

occasionally to prevent the milk solids from sticking and burning.3. When the mixture has turned a nice amber color, turn off the heat and stir in the pecans

until complete coated.4. Spread on a baking sheet in an even layer and sprinkle with a generous pinch of salt.

5. Roast for 7-10 minutes, until browned and fragrant.

6. Let cool and set aside.

7. Lower oven temp to 325. Line two baking sheets (I move the pecans to a bowl and wipedown the "pecan pan") with parchment or a silicon mat.

8. Place butter and sugars in a mixer bowl, mix on medium high until well-combined, 2-3

minutes.9. Mix in egg, yolk, and vanilla.

10.

Add dry ingredients and mix on low just until combined. Add butterscotch chips andpeanuts until distributed.

11.Chill dough 15-20 minutes. Scoop 1/4-cup dough balls onto a lined baking sheet.

12.Bake 12-16 minutes, until the edges brown and the center is still soft.

13.Sprinkle the warm cookies with a pinch of salt and then let cool on the baking sheet.

Store in an airtight container for up to a week.

Notes

Yields: ~18 large cookies

Cookie dough base adapted from Cook's Illustrated

Estimated time: 50 minutes

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