DoubleRichChocolateCookies

If you're not content with the usual chocolate chip cookie, try this.

2 1/2c all-purpose flour
1tsp baking soda
1/4tsp salt
1/2c unsweetened cocoa powder
1 3/4c brown sugar, firmly packed
1c salted butter, softened
3 large eggs
2tsp vanilla extract
2c (12oz) semisweet chocolate chips
(for variation, add nuts, marshmallows &/or raisins)

Preheat oven to 300F.

1. In a medium bowl, sift then whisk dry ingredients: flour, soda, cocoa powder & salt. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, mix sugar and butter to form a grainy paste.
3. Add eggs and vanilla entract and mix at medium speed until just blended. Do not overmix.
4. Add the dry ingredients and mix at low speed until just combined.
5. Fold in chocolated chips.
6. Use ice cream scooper or drop by rounded tablespoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet, two inches apart. As they bake, the cookies will spread quite a bit.
7. Bake for 18-22 minutes or until golden brown.
8. Transfer to a cool surface or cake rack to cool.

Yield: 4 dozen

Adopted from Mrs. Fields' Cookie Book.