Chocolate Chunk Cookies With Pine Nuts

Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis. When I watched her make these on her show I just had to try them! Warning: Watch these cookies carefully, they burn very easily!!

• Ready In: 28 mins
• Serves: 40

Ingredients

• 1  cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1  cup powdered sugar, plus more for dusting
• 1⁄3 cup  unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1  pinch salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3⁄4 cup  toasted pine nuts, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup  semisweet chocolate chunks or 1⁄2 cup  chips

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 325º F.
2. Combine the butter, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl. Using a hand mixer, beat the mixture until creamy, about 2 minutes.
3. Add the flour, pine nuts, and chocolate. Stir until just mixed.
4. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
5. Scoop out 1-inch balls of dough. Place on the cookie sheet. Bake until the tops look dry, about 18 minutes. Let cool for 15 minutes on the baking sheets.
6. Dust with powdered sugar and transfer to a serving plate.