Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Cashew Cookies (with Raisins)
"I was having a massive chocolate attack last weekend, so I came up with this. I am normally not crazy about raisins in my cookies but I like them when paired with nuts and chocolate. This started as your standard basic chocolate chip cookie recipe, but you wouldn't know it by the end result."
photo by Vino Girl
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
32
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup margarine, softened
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 3⁄4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1⁄4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1⁄2 cup white chocolate chips
- 1⁄2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1⁄2 cup milk chocolate chips or 1/2 cup M&M'
- 1⁄2 cup chocolate-covered nuts (cashews)
- 1⁄4 cup raisins
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Beat butter, sugars, cocoa,baking soda, and salt in a large bowl on medium speed for 3 minutes or until fluffy.
- Beat in eggs and vanilla until well blended. Gradually add in flour while mixing on low speed. Mix until well-blended.
- Stir in the chocolate chips, nuts, and raisins.
- Form balls of dough measuring 1 1/2 - 2 inches in diameter, and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten the balls slightly with the palm of your hand.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes (don't overbake or they might be dry).
- Cool on cookie sheets for about 2 minutes before moving them to wire racks to finish cooling.
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Reviews
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Mine came out like hockey puks plus they smelt weird -
Pretty tasty recipe. I left out the raisins and used chocolate coated pecans rather than cashews. Will make again in the future -
These cookies were very yummy.We did not put any cashews or raisins. We just added peanut butter chips. Without the nuts and raisins these cookies were moist and very good and all of the ingredients were already in my pantry! Thank you!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Vino Girl
United States
My husband and I married straight out of college in July of 1992. I work as the Assistant Manager at a wine shop which allows me to drink on the job! (OK, not that much, but it's still a fun job...) Besides helping customers choose wine they will like (and also help with food and wine pairings for their menus), I also get to help with the catering end of the business, so I get to spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen making fun appetizers and beautiful food displays. I also work part-time at the fromagerie next door. So yeah - that means I eat on the job, too. :^D
We live on several peaceful wooded acres on a cute little river in rural NE Wisconsin, with a cranky old-lady Burmese and whatever stray outdoor cats that have decided to adopt us on any given day. The cute puppy in the picture is Jake, our Elhew-bred English Pointer that we brought home on Easter weekend 2007. I've also got 2 painted turtles named Dennis and Fuzz, and a bunch of fish (koi and goldfish, along with the guppies & swordtails in the turtle tank).
I USUALLY eat and cook healthy, but I rarely pass up dessert, either. I do not eat red meat, and try to limit other animal products, too. I love to bake, although I seem to collect a lot of scone and biscotti recipes which I NEVER get around to making. I bake and eat A LOT of cookies and muffins... I almost always reduce the sugar by 1/4 and use whole wheat pastry flour for at least part of the flour. Those two changes do so much to make recipes healthier without compromising taste. I try to reduce fat whenever I can, too, but while I want to eat healthy, I still want to ENJOY what I eat!!!
I seem to give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews here - I seem to have a pretty good sense of what I like by looking at a recipe before I try it. Thank you to anyone that tries my recipes in return, or photographs them.
Amber:
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........And a grown up Jake (one year old in January 2008) :) -
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Charlotte (May 27, 1992-June 1, 2009):
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Ashley: Adopted October 8, 1996 - Passed Away January 6, 2009
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Mike: September 26, 1994 - March 19, 2004<img src="http://netnet.net/~mkburie/mike1997-lr.JPG">....
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