Saturday, January 26, 2008

The Can't Decide Cookie

Chocolate chip or chocolate chocolate chip? Go ahead. Put both hands out in front of you with your palms up and "weigh" your choices. Chocolate chip or chocolate chocolate chip. Hey, why choose when you can have both!?
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk chocolate chips
Beat butter and sugars. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract. Beat in the baking soda, salt and flour. Stir in chocolate chips. Set aside while you make the chocolate chocolate chip cookie dough.
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
pinch of salt
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk chocolate chips
Beat butter and sugars. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Beat in the cocoa powder, salt, baking soda and flour. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Preheat oven to 300. Use a small cookie scoop to scoop out a small ball of the chocolate chip cookie dough. Use a small cookie scoop to scoop a small ball of the chocolate chocolate chip cookie dough. Use your hands to make one medium ball of cookie dough with both kinds, taking care not to mix them. Bake for 8-12 minutes.
Very cool looking cookies that are large and soft! Yumm-o!

I found this recipe at allrecipes.com. Lots of good stuff over there!

5 comments:

MaryLu said...

How ingenious! Aren't you a smarty!
I am so goin' to try that!

Totallyscrappy said...

If only I were this ingenious! I forgot to mention that I found this recipe on allrecipes.com.
You'll love 'em.

Jenn said...

What a great idea. How fun for the kids to help and then eat!
I'll have to try that the next time I make cookies.

Anonymous said...

How fun! Those look great!

Beth Cotell said...

Yum! Cookies...dieting is impossible with cookies in the house...