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Divine Chocolatey-ness!
These are the best cookies.
No really, they are.
As soon as you’re done reading this, you’ll want to go make some. Trust me. There is nothing hard about them except coming by the self-control to not eat them all yourself. (You may think I’m joking, but I seriously only make these when there are people coming over because I know I would otherwise be in trouble!) There is also nothing good for you about them except the exclamations of delight that will immediately spring from the lips of the people you serve them to.
I grew up eating these with a combination of semi-sweet chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, and Skor bits in place of the peanut butter chips the recipe calls for. Oh.my.word. That said, peanut butter and chocolate is my favorite guy’s favorite food combination, so I make them the way it’s written. Also amazingly delicious. You can try both and decide for yourself which you like best. :)
Chewy Chocolate Cookies
1-1/4c butter, softened
2c sugar
2 eggs
2tsp vanilla extract
2c all-purpose flour
3/4c cocoa
1tsp baking soda
1/2tsp salt
1 10oz package peanut butter chips
In a large bowl, cream butter & sugar. Add eggs & vanilla; beat well. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda & salt in a medium bowl; gradually blend into creamed mixture. stir in peanut butter chips.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350* for 8-9 minutes. Do not overbake. (Cookies will be soft; they will puff during baking and flatten upon cooling.)
Cool until set, about 2-3 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet; cool completely on wire rack.
Makes about 4.5 dozen.
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My kids probably wish they were going to eat these cookies for family night tonight.
No such luck. I just finished taking my last batch of whole wheat, low sugar, organic chocolate chip cookies out of the oven! (I struggle with eating delicious cookies too)
This way, if I eat one or two too-many, at least I’m not totally ruined for the day! :)
Sarah D.
Hi Brietta :) Thanks! My husband is a serious chocolate lover, and these will make a scrumptious addition to Father’s Day this year. Love, Q
Brietta,
This morning Allison DeLaTorre and I decided we would make these yummy cookies. They do taste wonderful, but I am wondering why ours dont look like yours. The texture of ours are a little dry and they did not flatten out. More crumbly than chewy. Have any ideas what I may have done wrong?
Thanks
Andrea Gardner
@ andrea: my guess is that they were a bit overbaked. It’s very easy to do that with this recipe. When I take them out of the oven, they are puffy and almost look like they aren’t done– kind of like a pancake when it’s first starting to puff on the griddle, if that makes sense! When I bake them, I make sure the heat isn’t even a teeny bit too high (my oven tends to run about 25* hotter than it should) and I only bake them for 8 minutes, after which time I remove them regardless of how they look to me.
Say hi to Allison for me!
I have no clue how you stay so slim with all the sweets your kitchen produces each month. Oh yeah, that would be Sinclair genetics, eh? LOL!
@ Angela: yes, I guess so! :) But I also have learned that the way to be careful is to do my baking when we have guests over so that they do most of the eating– or else I give the majority of the baked goods away (to the home health care nurse, or a neighbor, or someone from church, or a college guy, etc.). It’s a great way to bless people and stay on top of nutrition!!