Leigh’s Favorite Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Leigh Myers' recipe creates cookies known for their crispy edges and tender centers, featuring spicy nuts. The ingredients include flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs, heavy cream, vanilla, oats, chocolate chips, and cayenne-pepper-toasted pecans. The pecans need to be toasted with cayenne pepper and butter for a distinct flavor. First, the pecans are toasted in the oven and cooled before being mixed into the dough. The dry ingredients are whisked together in a separate bowl. Cream the butter and sugars, then add eggs, cream, and vanilla. Combine the wet and dry ingredients, then fold in oats, chocolate chips, and chopped toasted pecans. Finally, scoop dough onto a prepared baking sheet and bake at 350°F until golden brown. After baking, let the cookies cool on the sheet for a minute before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.