Its been raining here for the last couple of days, which means the kids and I are housebound while daddy works. We really need to finish the valentines we started 2 weeks before valentines day, but when its rainy, I like to cook, OK OK, I like to cook all the time, but the rain gives me a good excuse to play around in the kitchen.
DD and I decided to bake "chlocolate" chip cookies yesterday (I gave her a choice between cookies and brownies), and after perusing some of the recipes I have bookmarked, I decided to make up my own recipe (I swear, this is not turning into another food blog). I based it on a brownie recipe since I wanted something really chocolaty (yes, I am a girl, I love chocolate, but so does the rest of the household to there :P). DD was such a huge help, she really loves to do things "all by myself," and I am getting better at letting her and not freak out if its not turning out exactly like it should. That's the beauty of making up a recipe, you really don't know what its supposed to look like (just a vague idea), so less stress over the details. So before DS wakes up, I better get on with the recipe:
"Chlocolate Chlocolate" Chip Cookies
(makes about 3 dozen, or 2 dozen and some to "taste test")
4 oz Unsweetened baking chocolate (I used Baker's)
1-1/2 sticks of unsalted butter
2 C sugar
3 eggs
1 t chili powder (optional)
1 T vanilla
1 C unbleached flour
1 C oatmeal "flour" (I whizzed about a cup of quick oats in the food processor, this brought the size down to about what wheat germ looks like and then evened out the cup with some whole wheat flour)
2 generous C of chocolate chips, make sure you test them before putting them in your dough, gotta make sure they are of good quality you know (1-1/2 C or so for the dough, 1/2 C to top off the cookies right before going into the oven), oops spilled some, better test those too.
Preheat oven to 375
Cut up butter into thick pats and break up the unsweetened chocolate on top. Microwave the butter and chocolate until the butter is melted and then stir until chocolate is completely melted. Stir sugar in (this looks like dirt according to DD). Add the 3 eggs, vanilla and chili powder and blend together. Add the flours and combine then add chocolate chips. Put kids down for nap and chill (the dough, and yourself).
After surfing the web, having a snack, changing and nursing son, wash hands for the trillionth time and prepare cookie pans with parchment paper (this is wonderful stuff, have I told you this yet? Seriously, buy this, its worth its weight in gold) and remove stiff dough from fridge. Use a spoon to help get the clay...I mean dough out and form into golf balls. Push reserved chocolate chips into the balls before putting in oven (this assures some pretty and gooey chocolate chips on top).
Bake about 10-12 minutes (they should have shiny dry tops kind of like how brownies look), slide parchment paper off pan and let cool a bit before transferring to cooling racks.
These are super chocolaty cookies, so if you aren't that into chocolate (whats wrong with you anyhow) don't make these. :D
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