Mid-week we had a chocolate crisis on our hands. Dustin needed his cocoa fix. I'm usually good for a bag of chocolate chips stuffed somewhere in the pantry and this time I was lucky enough to find cocoa powder in there as well. In an effort to tease my sweet-addict husband, I decided to make him cookies with a double dose of chocolate. Chocolate on chocolate should cure him of his complaints. The only problem was, once we discovered how good these were warmed in the microwave and dunked in vanilla ice cream (think brownie a la mode!) they didn't last long.
INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter, room temperature
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped (optional- I omitted)
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Line or lightly grease a large baking sheet.
2. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy. In a separate bowl, whisk to combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Add the butter mixture and stir until well blended. Stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts (optional).
3. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven for about 8 minutes, until the tops are set. Remove from the oven to cool on a wire rack. Once cooled, store in an airtight container at room temperature or in the freezer.
Makes about 4 dozen cookies.
(Adapted from All Recipes)
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