Preheat oven to 350°F.
Spread chopped pecans evenly on a baking sheet and bake for 5-7 minutes. Careful not to burn! Allow to cool completely before adding to cookie batter.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream together butter, veg oil, brown sugar, white sugar, and powdered sugar. Whip it. Whip it real good.
Beat in egg, vanilla, and food dye, if using.
Add in half of the dry ingredients, incorporating completely. Then, add other half.
Lastly, add your toasted nuts and mix until evenly distributed throughout the dough.
Allow dough to rest in the fridge for 30 minutes. This will make it easier to work with and really get those dry ingredients activated!
Preheat oven to 375°F and fill a little bowl with some white sugar.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Roll dough into roughly golf ball-sized balls. It's more like compressing it into a ball rather than rolling, cause this dough falls apart easily. Some would say that's the way the cookie crumbles. WAYO!!!
Flatten balls a little bit so that they more resemble a fat little hockey puck. This is because they don't spread much in the oven, so I prefer this shape before they go in.
Roll your chode hockey pucks individually in the sugar to coat.
Bake cookies for 12 minutes. Allow to cool on baking sheet for at least 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
Best served completely cooled for maximum textural effect. Dip in some cold milk for some amazing Sandy Dunkans ;)