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Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Source of Recipe

CanadianBakin' (Tina) at eGullet.org


Recipe Introduction

I have been trying to find the perfect chocolate chip cookies for years, without luck. I wanted something crisp on the edges, chewy in the middle with a great chocolate flavor. I decided last year that maybe I just find regular chocolate chip cookies a little bland. Heresy, maybe - unAmerican, certainly. But there you are. So I sent out a request to eGullet so see if I could add some cocoa to my regular chocolate chips to add some flavor. This cooky is the result. It is really good and rich and full of chocolate flavor. I used Ghiradelli cocoa. Now if only I could figure out how bakeries get those big, thick cookies! The only change I made was to omit the coffee. I hate coffee. (If you want to use it, she suggests 4 t. instant coffee powder.) (And I probably added more chips, I am generous with chips!) I would also like to try these with those peanut butter chips. Update: 2008 This year I tried the PB chips and some peppermint chips from Andes. They were great and the PB in particular were fantastic.

List of Ingredients

1/2 pound sweet butter, room temperature
1 C. brown sugar
1 C. sugar
2 t. vanilla
2 large eggs, room temperature
2/3 C. unsweetened cocoa
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 t. salt
12 oz. semisweet chocolate chips



Recipe

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line cooky sheets with parchment paper.

Cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla, then the eggs, 1 at a time, and mix well. Add the cocoa and mix again. Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt and add to the chocolate with the mixer on low speed until just combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Drop the dough on cooky sheets using an ice cream-type scoop. Bake for about 5 [it was more like 12-16 minutes for me] (the cookies will seem underdone). Remove from the oven and let cool slightly on the pan, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Yield and time of cooking will depend on how large your cooky scoop is.