Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Chocolate Lover's Dream Cookies


It has been nearly another week since my last post!  Am I the only one that ever feels like life is impossible to catch up on?!  I know I'm not, but for some reason right now that is where I am at.  I can't seem to get my head on straight lately!  And time is just flying by!  I don't know if I have mentioned this before, but my husband is graduating from dental school next month and we are moving our little family clear across the country to Chattanooga, Tennessee!  We are super excited about this new adventure we are about to embark on, but also really overwhelmed at what it takes to make a move of this magnitude!  We are also really sad to be leaving this city in Arizona that we have made our home.  Needless to say the next 8 weeks of life are going to be full of stress, anxiety and lots of other emotions.  To get me through this phase, I am going to need lots of sugary, rich desserts...just like these chocolate lover's dream cookies.  These are delicious little morsels of chocolatey goodness!  As the name implies, they are chalk full of chocolate...a base that delightfully tastes like a chewy brownie,  dotted with chunks of my personal favorite, white chocolate chips and then of course, semi-sweet (or in my case, milk chocolate) chips as well!  Perfect!  It took me about 10 cookies, before I realized that these were infinitely better when dipped in a cold glass of milk!  They were super easy to throw together and are literally a chocolate lover's dream cookie! 

Chocolate Lover's Dream Cookies

6 Tablespoons canola oil
1/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup vanilla or white chocolate chips
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (I used 1/2 milk chocolate and 1/2 semisweet & loved the result)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl, beat the oil, butter and sugars until well blended.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.  Beat in vanilla.  Combine the flour, cocoa and baking powder in a medium bowl; gradually add to oil mixture and mix well.   Stir in both kinds of chocolate chips.

Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased baking sheets or baking mat.  Bake for 12-15 minutes or until edges begin to brown.  Do not over bake!  Cool for 1 minute before removing from pans to wire racks to finish cooling.

Recipe Source:  Taste of Home

I am linking up at these great parties!

PS...How was your Easter?!  Ours was fantastic!  We attended church, had friends over for dinner and dessert, and just spent time together as a family.  It was a really nice weekend for us!  Though this has nothing to do with food, other than the fact that Easter is a day to eat an amazingly delicious meal, I had to share this picture of my sweet kids in their Easter best!  My 2 year old is a bit of a stinker and REFUSED to let me take a good picture of her, so this one featuring her non-smiling glare, is literally the best one I got!  I hope your Easter was as good as ours!

8 comments:

  1. I'm a chocolate lover . . . these look great!

    I'd like to invite you to join my blog round up with either this post or another. This month the theme at Pantry Party is cookies! I'd love if you checked it out :) http://lawstudentscookbook.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/pantry-party-april-2013-announcement/

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  2. I have not made cookies using oil before. I'm sure they will work great and make the chocolate nice and smooth. Thanks for sharing this recipe! I found you at Six Sister's Strut Your Stuff. Krista @ http://ahandfulofeverything.blogspot.com

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  3. Yum, now these sound perfect for my chocolate cravings! Found you through Your Great Idea!

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  4. Triple threat chocolate cookies. YUM. Thanks for sharing on FFF.

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  5. I am a chocoholic, so I better go make these cookies! I would love it if you would come share this & any other recipes you may have over at my Sweet & Savory Saturday's Link Party. It ends Monday at midnight.

    http://dessertnowdinnerlater.blogspot.com/2013/04/sweet-savory-saturdays-7.html

    ~Amber @ Dessert Now, Dinner Later!

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  7. Yumm...chocolate is a weakness of mine at times! Would love to have you share at my {Homemade By You} link party!!

    http://www.madetobeamomma.com/2013/04/homemade-by-you-46.html

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  8. From one chocolate lover to another--- those look to die for! Thanks so much for sharing at Super Saturday Show & Tell… I’m SO glad you came to (link) party with me! http://www.whatscookingwithruthie.com Come back again tomorrow to share! xoxo~ Ruthie

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