Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Delicious, chocolate-y heaven! :)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Cream the butter in the mixer until smooth.

Add both of the sugars and cream together until smooth.

Add each egg, one at a time, until the batter is light.

Stir in the vanilla extract.

Dissolve the baking soda in the hot water and add to the batter.

Add the salt and mix well.

Add the flour, one cup at a time, until all is incorporated.

Chop up the chocolate.  For Ghiradelli, I cut each square into about 12 - 16 small cubes.

Add to the batter and mix in by hand (or by a rubber spatula).

Add the chocolate chips and mix in by hand again.

Drop by 2-tablespoon-fuls into pans lined with parchment paper.  Bake for about 9 minutes.

Beautiful! :)

Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Cooking time: 9 minutes
Prep time: 30 mintues
Total time: 39 minutes
Servings: 30 (one cookie)

Nutrition info per serving (one cookie):
Calories: 200 calories
Fat: 10 g
Sodium: 95 mg
Carbs: 28 g
Fiber: 1 g
Protein: 2 g

Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar (I used dark)
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons hot water
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups all-purpose flour
8 oz semi-sweet chocolate, chopped into small squares (about 12-16 small squares per bar)
1/2 cup regular-sized semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:
1.  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Cream the butter in the mixer until smooth, then add both sugars and cream until all is smooth.
2.  Add the eggs, one at a time, then the vanilla extract.
3.  Dissolve the baking soda in the hot water and add to the mixture.  Then, add the salt and mix well.
4.  Add the flour, one cup at a time, until all is incorporated.
5.  Add the chopped chocolate and the chocolate chips, stirring in by hand (I used a rubber spatula).
6.  Drop by 2-tablespoon-fuls onto pans lined with parchment paper.  Bake for about 9 minutes, rotating the pans half-way in between baking.  Done! :)

**Adapted from All Recipe's Best Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe:  http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Best-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies/Detail.aspx?evt19=1  **

Delicious and fun!  Enjoy! :)