Death by Chocolate Cookies

Ashley U's Note:

My fave chocolate cookie named after my fave chocolate shop in Vancouver, Canada.

• Total Time: 24 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 18

• 2 (16 ounce) packages BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate , divided
• ¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar
• ¼ cup butter or ¼ cup margarine
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ½ cup flour
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• 2 cups chopped nuts

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Coarsely chop 8 squares of the chocolate; set aside.
3. Microwave remaining 8 squares of chocolate in large microwavable bowl on HIGH for 1-2 minutes.
4. Stir until chocolate is melted and smooth.
5. Stir in sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla.
6. Stir in flour and baking powder.
7. Stir in reserved chopped chocolate and nuts.
8. Drop by 1/4 cupfuls on to ungreased cookie sheet.
9. Bake 12-13 minutes or until cookies are puffed and feel set to the touch.
10. Cool on cookie sheet 1 minute then transfer to wire rack and cool completely.

Reviews

[Claire #3]

These cookies are great! I added about 2 tablespoons of orange peel and some orange extract to make Death By Chocolate Orange cookies. They were a little chewier than I thought they'd be, but they were good. They weren't overly sweet.

[spatchcock]

Oooh, Reelani, these are really GREAT! I made them for a departmental function and WOW, they disappeared really fast. I had to cook them a bit longer--more like 20 minutes--but that's probably my oven's fault. Thanks for a well-written, loveable recipe!

[Akikobay]

What an amazing recipe! This was really easy to pull together and was impressive to boot. The kids aren't very fond of nuts, so I substituted dried tart cherries...it was an excellent combination for us, but someday I want to try this with pecans. The recipe didn't say, but I just used the butter softened enough to blend into the melted chocolate easily. I made smaller cookies because I'm sure I'd have to peel my children off the ceiling if I'd made only 18 cookies from the batch. (I made each cookie teaspoon-scoop size and got 80 cookies. I know it sounds sort of stingy, but the cookies were about the size of a half-dollar, which was about right for us.) Thanks for posting this recipe!