Midnight Cookies
- Ready In:
- 46mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
3 dozen
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature (1 stick)
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (5 ounces by weight)
- 2⁄3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (2 ounces by weight)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon table salt or 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 7⁄8 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips
directions
- In a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar on low until light in color and very fluffy, at least 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine flour, cocoa powder, soda, and salt in a bowl. Whisk well to combine.
- Add eggs and vanilla to butter-sugar mixture. Beat on low until well combined.
- Add half the flour mixture and beat on low just until combined. Add remaining flour and chocolate chips and beat on low until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Cover the bowl with a plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour.
- Preheat oven to 350° F Line two baking sheets with parchment or Silpats.
- Drop a tablespoonsful of dough onto lined sheets. (The dough is quite soft, so a disher is very helpful.) Bake until the tops begin to crack, but the cookies are not yet dry, about 12 minutes. Cool on baking sheet 15 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
- When completely cool, store at room temperature up to 3 days. Serve cold and plain or with other desserts.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!