Cow Pie Cookies

 

Hi Ho Hi Ho back to work I go.  Yep, after a lovely long week of vacation fun with The Bellman, I have returned to a full inbox and a stack of partially handled requests. It was a fantastic week filled with all of our favorite things --eating, shopping and exploring. A week didn't seem to be enough (does it ever??) and we are already planning our next adventure.

Let's talk about these Cow Pie Cookies.  These really are just chocolate, chocolate chippers and are affectionately known around the office as cow pies.  They taste much better than they look, trust me!

 

Fudgy and dense with crispy edges and a chewy center.  The chocolate lovers loooove them.  As a self confessed dough eater I have to admit to eating more than my share right from the bowl, too. One of my favs!  The key is to mix up the chocolate. Some semi sweet and some 60% chocolate works for me.  

I made a second batch of dough today just to play around with flavors.  I'm calling this creation Black Forest cookies. I substituted 1C semi sweet chips, 1C white chocolate chips and 1C dried cherries for the 3 cups of chocolate chips.  Very tasty!  The Bellman gave them two thumbs up :)

CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
YIELD: 24 COOKIES

2 1/4 cups flour

1 tsp salt 

1 tsp baking soda

2 sticks butter, softened

1C sugar

1C brown sugar

2 eggs

1TBL vanilla

1/2C cocoa powder (unsweetened)

3C chocolate chips (I like to mix it up and usually use 2C semi-sweet and 1C 60% Ghirardelli chocolate chips)

 

 

1.  In a medium bowl combine flour, salt and baking soda.

 

2.  In mixing bowl cream together butter and both sugars.  Add eggs one at a time. 

 

3.  Add in vanilla and cocoa powder. 

 

4.  Add flour mixture and mix until just combined.

 

5.  Fold in chocolate chips.

 

6.  Bake at 375 for 11 minutes.

 

7.  Let cool on baking rack for 2 minutes before moving to cooling rack.

Enjoy!