Title: Chunky Triple-Chocolate Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 48 servings
8 oz Semisweet chocolate squares
3 oz Unsweetened chocolate
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1/2 c Unsalted butter
3 lg Eggs; room temp
1 1/4 c Sugar
2 ts Vanilla extract
2/3 c All-purpose flour
1/2 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Salt
1 1/2 c Semisweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 c Walnuts, toasted; chopped
1 1/2 c Pecans, toasted; chopped
4 oz Semisweet chocolate square
--- melted
Recipe by: Ladie's Home Journal Dec. 1991
Preheat oven to 325. Grease 3 cookies sheets. Melt chocolate with
butter in double boiler over simmering water. Cool. Beat eggs with sugar in
mixer bowl until ribbon forms when beaters are lifted, 10 minutes. Beat in
chocolate mixture and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a
bowl. Stir into chocolate mixture just until combined (do not overmix).
Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
Drop batter by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto cookie sheets. Bake 7-8
minutes, until barely firm and tops are slightly cracked. Cool on cookie
aheets 2 minutes then on wire racks. Dip 1 side of cooled cookies in melted
chocolate. Serving Ideas : Drizzle tops with melted chocolate instead of
dipping.
