I love chocolate. My girls
love chocolate. As a family we consume
our fair share of chocolate. So any
version of a chocolate dessert is something we get excited about. I made these cookies almost two decades ago
and they have been a family favorite ever since. This is my version of these cookies:
Death By
Chocolate Cookies
1/2 cup
butter or margarine
1/2 cup
shortening
3/4 cup
brown sugar
3/4 cup
granulated sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp.
baking soda
1 tsp.
salt
2 tsp.
vanilla
2 1/4
cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup
baking cocoa
1 cup semi
sweet chocolate baking chips
1 cup
white chocolate baking chips
Cream butter, shortening
and sugars together smooth and fluffy.
Add eggs, soda, salt and vanilla and blend well. Stir in baking chips and cocoa. Lastly add flour and stir until well
incorporated. Drop dough by spoonfuls
onto a lightly oiled baking sheet. Bake
at 350° for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove and
cool on a baking rack. Store cookies in
an airtight container.
Often I will substitute M&Ms for the chocolate baking chips as
I did for the ones I made for Valentine's Day.
Milk chocolate chips are good too.
So are peanut butter. Believe me
we've tried them all. J
These decadent cookies go down well with a tall glass of milk or a
hot cup of coffee. Give these a try next
time you need a good chocolate fix.
Oh yes, chocolate and I have a love/hate relationship. I love the taste, texture and euphoric feeling I get from eating it. I hate that it's my "drug of choice" when I've had a bad day and what it does to my waistline and hips. I've even used chocolate as a tool to bribe family and friends to help me with improvements to my home. (They won't take money but a batch of chocolate chip cookies......)
ReplyDeleteI've never used cocoa in my chocolate chip cookie recipe and I'm definitely going to try your recipe.
Hmmmm I wonder if anyone wants to help me paint the living room? ;-)
Thank you for sharing.
Vanessa B
Chocolate is awesome and it makes a great bribery tool. Ha, ha. Good luck with the painting. These cookies would do the trick. :)
DeleteOh. My. Heaven.
ReplyDeleteI am packing my bag and heading all the way there for those cookies!
I am making these- this week!
Thank you for sharing this recipe!! :)
Beware - you can't eat just one and they don't last very long. I told the girls I thought someone broke into the house and stole the last batch because they got up one morning and a whole bunch were missing. I have no idea what happened!
DeleteHee hee. Well, I sure do hope you catch that cookie thief. She... I mean He (ahem)... must have very good taste- and isn't it funny how the only things missing in the house were those cookies?? Go figure. ;)
DeleteI know. Blows my mind! :)
DeleteCan't wait to try this recipe. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeletePaula in Kansas
Enjoy Paula! They are scrumptious.
DeleteHi my name is Anne, and I'm a chocoholic
ReplyDeleteMe too. And proud of it! :)
DeleteJust took these out of the oven- they are AWESOME! It is lunchtime right now- I don't think they are going to last until dessert time tonight, which was the intention when I decided to make them. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you again for this- it will definitely be a much-loved recipe in our home!!
So glad to hear that! Enjoy! :)
DeleteMade these cookies last night and had to hide part of them in the freezer. My husband, son and I were eating them almost as fast as I was taking them out of the over. Great recipe! Thanks again for sharing.
ReplyDeletePaula in Kansas
Oh yay! So glad you guys like them. We have the same problem at our house. They don't last very long. :)
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