Chocolate Cravings

I wanted chocolate.  Brownies sounded good, but the 4 boys in the house wanted cookies.  I decided Brownie Cookies would work.  I didn't like any of the recipes I found, especially the parts that involved chilling the dough overnight.  Not only did that not work for my chocolate craving, it DEFINITELY didn't work for the boys. The two older boys helped me create and mix together this delicious cookie concoction.  Warning, this is NOT a healthy recipe, but it is sooooo yummy! 

So to Gabe & Nathanael, thank you..... we developed a winner!


Brownie Cookies

Ingredients:  
1 cup of unsalted butter
2/3 cups of cocoa powder
2 cups of sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
3 cups of whole wheat or white whole wheat flour
1 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. salt
confectioners sugar to shake over unbaked dough before baking - if desired.

Method:
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
Melt butter in medium saucepan.
Stir in cocoa powder, followed by sugar and vanilla.
Mix in the eggs until all is well blended.
In a separate bowl mix together the flour, baking powder and salt until it is well blended.
Combine the flour mixture with the cocoa mixture.
Mix well and drop by teaspoonful onto non-greased baking sheets
Shake powdered sugar over dough before baking, if desired.

Powder sugar dusted cookie

Yields approximately 3 1/2 - 4 dozen cookies.

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