holiday chocolate chip cookies

PREP TIME: 20 MINUTES BAKE TIME ABOUT 12 MINUTES MAKES ABOUT 2 ½ DOZEN
2 CUPS ALL PURPOSE FLOUR
1 TSP BAKING SODA
½ GROUND CINNAMON
1 CUP BUTTER, SOFTENED
1 CUP GRANULATED SUGAR
½ CUP FIRMLY PACKED LIGHT BROWN SUGAR
2 LARGE EGGS
1 TSP PURE VANILLA EXTRACT
1 ½ CUPS SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS
1 CUP CHOPPED PECAN NUTS
½ CUP SHELLED ROASTED AND SALTED PISTACHIOS, FINELY CHOPPED
PRE HEAT OVEN TO 375.
IN A BOWL, MIX TOGETHER FLOUR,BAKING SODA,AND CINNAMON UNTIL WELL BLENDED: SET ASIDE.
IN A LARGE BOWL OF AN ELECTRIC MIXER, CREAM TOGETHER BUTTER, GRANULATED SUGAR,AND BROWN SUGAR. BEAT IN EGGS, ONE AT A TIME,AND VANILLA UNTIL MIXTURE IS LIGHT AND FLUFFY. GRADUALLY ADD FLOUR MIXTURE,BEATING JUST UNTIL MIXED.
BY HAND STIR CHOCOLATE CHIPS AND NUTS INTO BATTER.DROP BATTER BY 2 TABLESPOON PORTIONS ONTO UNGREASED BAKING SHEETS. SPACING 2 TO 3 INCHES APART.
BAKE AT 375 OVEN UNTIL EDGES ARE BROWNED BUT CENTERS ARE STILL SOMEWHAT PALE, 11 TO 13 MINUTES. LET COOKIES STAND FOR 1 MINUTE, THEN TRANSFER TO RACKS TO COOL.