Magical Marvelous Memorable Cookies

INGREDIENTS

• 1 1/2 cups unbleached all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans or other nuts, optional
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 3/4 sticks (7 ounces) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup crushed salted pretzel pieces (or other salty snack food)
• You may want to add a little cinnamon, allspice, cardamom, or whatever you fancy. We didn't because we wanted the taste of the granola to come through.
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• (If you don't use nuts, you may want to add more cereal, snacks or chocolate to compensate.)
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 egg
• 1 cup granola (or other cereal)
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, chopped chocolate candies, or a small bar of good dark chocolate, chopped into chunks