Drop- Triple Chocolate Fudgies
List of Ingredients
7 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
9 tablespoons (1 stick plus 1 tablespoon) unsalted butter
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
2/3 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
12 ounces (about 2 cups) semisweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped walnuts
Recipe
Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
Lightly butter 3 large heavy baking sheets.
In the top of a double boiler set over hot, not simmering water, melt the chocolates with butter, stirring frequently until smooth. Remove top part of double boiler from the bottom and cool chocolate-butter mixture for 10 to 15 minutes, until tepid.
In a small cup, combine vanilla and coffee. Stir until coffee dissolves. In a medium bowl, using a wire whisk, stir together flour, baking soda and salt.
In a large bowl, using a hand-held electric mixer set at high speed, beat eggs, sugar and brown sugar for 5 to 7 minutes, until mixture forms a pale thin ribbon when the beaters are lifted. At low speed, beat in vanilla-coffee mixture until blended. Beat in chocolate-butter mixture. Using a rubber spatula, stir in the flour mixture just until smooth. Fold in the chocolate chips and walnuts.
Drop cookies by 1/4 cupfuls onto the prepared baking sheets (do not flatten), leaving 2 inches between cookies. Bake the cookies, one baking sheet at a time, for 9 to 12 minutes, until tops crack and cookies are barely firm when gently pressed with a finger.
To ensure their fudgy texture, it is better to underbake cookies. Cool cookies on baking sheet on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Using a pancake spatula, transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. Store cookies at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 2 days, or wrap individually in plastic wrap and freeze for up to 1 month. About 23 cookies.
"My recipe has three chocolates in it. I have been considering experimenting with some of the newer chocolates that are now available to the consumer, but I just have not done it yet as I am always afraid I'll eat all the cookies myself."
From CA Press-Enterprise 12/13/00
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