Yesterday was my brother-in-law, Joey's, birthday. He and Caroline drove out from Syracuse today, and every time he knows he's going to see Catherine, he asks her what kind of cookies she's going to make him. As they were driving towards us, Catherine told me she had to make the cookies for Uncle Joey. When I was on the phone with Caroline, we asked if he had any requests, and he said chocolate chip are always a favorite. Since we've made those so many times before, we decided to add a twist. Having just come back from Hershey Park in Pennsylvania, we saw the recipe online for these cookies, we thought they would be PERFECT -- and they were!
- 2¼ cups flour
- 1/3 cup Hershey's cocoa
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. salt
- 2 sticks butter, softened
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¾ cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups Hershey's Special Dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips
(we used Toll House (oops) semi-sweet)
- Preheat oven to 375F
- Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt and set aside
- Beat butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl on medium until creamy.
- Add eggs, and beat well.
- Gradually add flour mixture, beating well
- Stir in chocolate chips. (Add 1 cup of chopped nuts, if desired).
- Drop by rounded teaspoons on to an ungreased cookie sheet. (We used a Pampered Chef small scoop)
- Bake 8 minutes or until set.
- Cool slightly and remove from cookie sheet to a wire rack.
