These are absolutely wonderful cookies and make wonderful sandwiches with mint chocolate chip ice cream!!

2 oz unsalted butter

12 oz bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 teasp baking powder

1/4 teasp kosher salt

3 large eggs

3/4 cup sugar

2 teasp vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 350. melt chocolate and butter in double boiler over hot water. stir to combine. cool to room temperature.

2. sift together flour and baking powder. add salt. with an electric mixer on high speed, whip the eggs, sugar, and vanilla together until thick.

3. by hand, stir in the cool chocolate mixture. stir in the flour mixture and let the batter rest for 5 minutes.

4. using a 2 1/4 inch ice cream scoop, portion cookies onto a parchment paper or silpat lined baking sheet and bake cookies about 10 minutes or until the tops crack and are no longer shiny on top. cool and serve.

20 cookies



Posted by allison at 11:33:59 AM on 29 Feb 2008