Chocolate Cookies

Today I would like to take everyone to a chocoholic ride. When I was a kid, I remember Mamma (My maternal grandmother) coming towards me with a box full of chocolates during my birthday. I will be impatiently waiting for her to come so that I can get hold of my gifts , chocolates, cookies and what else... I should say I was a spoiled brat who won't even share the goodies with my sisters. But my angelic sisters have never shown any bad face to me. Being the youngest I enjoyed being pampered in all possible ways.

One of my sister's friend is staying close to us here in San Jose. She invited us home for dinner and 'A' was very happy about the thought of it. Being away from home both of us truly appreciates such visits. It is such a bliss to talk with your closed ones when the world around you are complete strangers. She has two cute kids. When she called me home , I wanted to bake something special for the kids. Being a chocoholic I wanted to try my luck on a chocolate dish. I started searching for websites and found the recipe of chocolate cookies in Joy of baking. This recipe is already in great demand. Two of my sisters already asked about it.  

I used a Wilton non - stick shaped cookie pan for baking it. So that you will get the shape you wanted without a cookie cutter.

Recipe Source : joyofbaking.com


Ingredients

1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature

1/2 cup (105 grams) light brown sugar

1/4 cup (50 grams) white granulated sugar

1 large egg

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 cup (130 grams) all purpose flour

1/4 cup (30 grams) Dutch-processed cocoa powder

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups (260 grams) white chocolate chips or chunks

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C).

In the bowl of your electric mixer (or with a hand mixer), beat the butter and sugars until light and fluffy (2-3 minutes). Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat until incorporated.  First sift together the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder, and salt and then add to the butter and egg mixture.  Mix just until incorporated. Fold in the the chocolate chips.

Using a small ice cream scoop or two spoons, place about 1 1/2 tablespoons of batter on the prepared baking pan, spacing about 2 inches (5 cm) apart.

Bake for approximately 8 - 10 minutes or until the the cookies are still soft in the center but are firm around the edges.  Remove from oven and let cookies cool for about 5 minutes.  

Verdict: The cookie has got an intense chocolate flavour. It was very crispy and the kids loved munching on it.

This goes out to Priya's Bookmarked Recipes - Every Tuesday Event - 1st February 2011 (Volume 27)

I am also sending this to Baking for Beginners -II

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