Double Chocolate Cookies

We let Skylar choose some cookies to make in honor of her getting six stitches in her forehead today. She did a dang good job! Mom says she has a new favorite cookie, and I may have to agree with her. These cookies are delicious. I had to modify the recipe according to what we had on hand, and here is exactly what we did.

Double Chocolate Cookies (a chocolate cookie with chocolate chips)

1 bag semisweet chocolate chips

1 C all purpose flour

1/4 C cocoa powder

1/8 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

5 Tb butter, at room temperature

3/4 C packed brown sugar

1/4 C white sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

Divide the bag of chocolate chips in half. Melt half of them in the microwave at level 7 heat, however you do this in your microwave. I plug 1:00 in my microwave and push "power level," hit 7 and then push start. Then I stir the chocolate chips and repeat the process in 10-15 second segments until the chocolate is smooth.

Set the chocolate aside. Mix butter with sugars until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla and continue to mix well. Add melted chocolate, stir.

Sift together the flour, baking powder, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients until well mixed. Mix in remaining chocolate chips. let dough sit for 45 minutes in order to let melted chocolate cool in the dough. While you are waiting, preheat the oven to 350. Bake the cookies for 8 minutes. They will harden a little while cooling so do not over cook. Let cool for at least five minutes and enjoy!

Hope you like these as much as we did!