outrageous chocolate cookies

April 26, 2007 at 1:38 am | Posted in Chocolate, Cookies | 11 Comments

the three musketeers are going to have a study picnic in school tomorrow – shidah will be bringing the pasta, i’m bringing a deadly batch of chocolate cookies and the boy will, erm… eat.

two killer papers down, so i thought it’d be good to drown my sorrows by baking. it’s a good stress buster.

this cookie really lives up to its name; it’s chocolate overload. the recipe yields about 50 cookies, and contains over 500g of chocolate! the texture is crispy around the edges and slightly chewy in the middle. the flavour is really intense, it shoots through your head like a bullet.

adapted from food everyday:collectible cookie edition; martha stewart living.

225g semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
55g butter
2/3 cup plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 large eggs
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
300g semisweet chocolate chunks/chocolate chips

1. preheat the oven to 160 degrees celsius. heat chopped chocolate and butter in a microwaveable bowl in 20-second increments, stirring between each, until just melted. in another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.

2. with an electric mixer, beat eggs, brown sugar and vanilla on high speed until light and fluffy. reduce speed to low; beat in chocolate mixture. mix in dry ingredients until just combined. fold in chocolate chunks/chips.

3. drop teaspoonsful of dough onto baking sheets, 2 to 3 inches apart. bake, until cookies are shiny and crackly, yet a little soft in the centre, 12 to 14 minutes. cool on sheets for 10 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

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