Pecan-Chocolate Chip Cookie Brittle

I got into the holiday baking spirit yesterday when I saw a recipe for cookie brittle.  Sounded good to me.  This stuff is delicious and so fun to make!  I found it in a Christmas cookbook by Southern Living that I got two years ago.  Thanks, Susan!  :)

Pecan-Chocolate Chip Cookie Brittle*

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 t baking powder
1/4 t baking soda
1/4 t salt
3/4 c butter, melted and cooled slightly
1/2 c white sugar
1/3 c firmly packed light brown sugar
1 t vanilla extract
1 c semisweet chocolate mini-morsels
1 c pecan pieces, toasted**
1/2 c sweetened flaked coconut, toasted**

**These can be toasted together in the same pan at 350 degrees for 8 minutes.

Combine first 4 ingredients and set aside.
Stir together butter and next 3 ingredients in a large bowl; add flour mixture, stirring until smooth.  Stir in chocolate morsels, pecans, and coconut.  (Dough will look crumbly.)

Press dough evenly into a lightly greased 15" x 10" jelly-roll pan, pressing almost to edges.

Bake at 350 degrees for 19 minutes or until lightly browned and cookie "slab" seems crisp.  Cool completely in pan.  Break cookie into pieces.  Yield:  1 to 2 dozen cookie pieces.

* "Pecan-Chocolate Chip Cookie Brittle." Southern Living Ultimate Christmas Cookbook. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 2010. 242. Print.