Family Recipes Along the Way

This is a Pioneer Woman recipe.   Her recopies never disappoint and this one certainly does not.  1 cup  (2 Sticks) Salted Butter 1 cup  Brown Sugar, Packed 1/2 cup  Sugar 2 whole  Large Eggs 1 Tablespoon  Vanilla 2 cups  All-purpose Flour 2 Tablespoons  (additional) All-purpose Flour (rounded Tablespoons) 2 teaspoons  (heaping) Instant Coffee Granules (can omit and they will still be wonderful but this just makes them even better) 1 teaspoon  Baking Soda 1 teaspoon  Salt 8 ounces, weight  Good Semi-sweet Chocolate, Chopped Into Chunks (can also use a 12oz bag of chocolate chips)  1/2 cup  Finely Chopped Pecans (optional) Add one stick of butter to a medium skillet over medium heat. Allow it to melt and bubble up for 3 to 4 minutes, swirling the pan to keep the butter moving around. When the butter is a medium golden brown, remove the pan from the heat (it will continue browning in the pan over the next 30 seconds or so!) Pour butter (and any solids in the bottom of th