Dark Chocolate Cookies

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 ⅔ cups dark chocolate chips

  (divided - 1 cup portion and ⅔ cup portion)
• ½ cup butter

  (salted, 1 stick of butter)
• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup cocoa

  (we use Ghirardelli premium sweet cocoa)
• 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
• ¼ cup confectioners sugar

  (optional, sifted over the baked cookies)

Instructions

• 1 Preheat you oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and line your baking sheet
  with parchment paper, silpat mats, or grease with non-stick cooking spray.
  
• 2 Melt the ⅔ cup portion of your dark chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl by
  heating in 30 second intervals at medium high or high temperature (depending on
  how hot your microwave usually heats foods). Continue heating in 30 second
  intervals until the dark chocolate chips are completely melted, then set aside
  and allow to cool.
  
• 3 Cream your butter, sugar, and brown sugar together until smooth, then add the
  melted chocolate and mix well (about 1 minute).
  
• 4 Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix until smooth and creamy again. Then add
  the baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cocoa. Mix until the cocoa is evenly
  distributed through your wet mixture.
  
• 5 Add flour, mix until thoroughly incorporated then add the remaining 1 cup of
  dark chocolate chips and stir into the cookie dough until evenly distributed.
  Drop by teaspoonfuls onto your lined or greased baking sheet.
  
• 6 Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 10-12 minutes, or until you can insert
  a toothpick and remove it with a few crumbs on it (not a sticky dough residue).
  The edges of the cookies will look baked and the top will be a lighter color of
  brown than the dough.
  
• 7 Remove from your oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet for 2-3 minutes
  before transferring the cookies to a wire cooling rack. Using a sifter, dust the
  baked cookies with confectioners sugar (optional) before serving.
  

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