Best-Ever Chocolate Cookies

Pretty, pretty good. Nice combination of high fiber cereal and whole grain oats with your chocolate that adds a great texture. Recipe courtesy of Betty Crocker.

• Ready In: 29 mins
• Serves: 42
• Yields: 42 cookies

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter, softened
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1  cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 cup  unsweetened baking cocoa
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1  cup  all-bran cereal
• 1 1⁄2 cups quick-cooking oats or 1 1⁄2 cups old fashioned oats
• 3⁄4 cup  vanilla baking chips

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350.
2. In large bowl, stir together butter, sugars, and eggs.
3. In small bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
4. Stir into butter mixture.
5. Stir in cereal, oats, and baking chips.
6. Onto ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart.
7. Bake 9 minutes. Cool 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely before storing in tightly covered container.