Hey all! So I'm doing sooooo well on this whole "blogging more" thing, aren't I? Ha. Ha ha. Oh well. I write when I have something to say or share. I use the same excuse for using the phone. "Sorry Mom, I don't call unless I have something to talk about." (I don't like awkward silences). Excuse me while I go take the clothes out of the washer. (Ten minutes later...)
I made cookies this weekend and thought I'd share the recipe with all of you, my friends. Cause who can't use just ONE more cookie recipe. Right? And, just in time for Valentine's Day (for those of us who don't loathe it cause it's useless and if someone loves you they can say it on ANY day).
ANYWAY, they are double chocolate cookies; cocoa powder in the batter and then chocolate chips. I did one better, though, and used two kinds of chips. I used semi sweet chips and semi sweet chunks. Cause I had them. And this seemed like a better way to consume them than just by eating handfuls of them at 1am. I kid about the 1am part. So here's the recipe. They are really called Twin Chocolate Delights, but I think that title is silly, so I renamed them to what they really are. Feel free to do the same.
Twin Chocolate Delights
Preheat oven to 350
• 1 cup butter (2 sticks)-melted
• 2 ½ cups white sugar
• ½ cup cocoa
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 4 beaten eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 2 cups chocolate chips
Melt butter in large microwave safe bowl, add sugar and mix. Add cocoa, soda, salt and vanilla and stir until smooth. Add eggs and stir thoroughly. Mix in the flour, nuts and then chocolate chips.
Place rounded teaspoons of dough on greased cookie sheet. 12 dough balls to a standard sized sheet.
Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
Now. I didn't add nuts because I only had walnuts and the husband is allergs. (That's allergic for those of you who don't abbrev. (abbreviate). Ok, enough). So I left out the nuts. I don't really like nuts in my cookies anyhow. But I digress. Credit to Joanne Fluke, who writes the Hannah Swenson mysteries, which is where I got this recipe. And many others. Just thought I'd give credit where credit is due. Don't want to get sued here, people.
This cookie dough is kinda runny. Like, could be brownie batter kinda runny. So, being super concerned about the outcome of my cookies, I made one test cookie to see how much they might spread out. I did one "rounded teaspoon full" of dough on a greased cookie sheet, and baked it for 10 min. And did that cookie spread out! Super flat and really crispy. Don't think that's how it was supposed to be. So the ones I made on Friday (finished baking them today), I made into much smaller balls. And I used two spoons. Then I refrigerated the rest of the dough to finish another day (today) and it was much easier to work with the dough today. I bent the spoon. Beware. But easier to form into balls! You could just refrigerate for an hour, which would also work. I highly recommend. Here's a few pics:
Twelve dough balls to a standard sized cookie sheet (grease your pans first,yo! you'll be happy you did). Or use parchment. I'm fresh out.
Mmmm. Delicious freshly baked cookies. I'll sell 'em to ya. $6 per dozen. No? Fine. Make them yourself and then give to your hunny on V-day. Better than a box of chocolates. And cheaper too.
