#623 - Chocolate Dream Cookies

(by Shirley McNevich)

2 cups cake flour
3/4 cup Hershey's cocoa
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 sticks softened butter
2/3 cup white sugar
2/3 cup Domino's dark brown sugar (packed)
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
1 2/3 cups (1 - 10oz. package) Nestle's swirled morsels (the chocolate/white chocolate mixed)

In a bowl add cake flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt--stir and set aside. In a mixer add butter, white sugar and brown sugar--beat until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time--beat after each. Add vanilla--beat. Slowly add flour mixture--beat. Remove bowl from mixer and add 1 cup of the swirled morsels--stir with a wooden spoon. Drop by teaspoonsful on to greased cookie sheets. Place a few of the extra swirled morsels on the top of each cookie. Bake at 325 degrees for 11-13 minutes or until cookies look puffy (centers are set). Let them cool on the cookie sheets for 2 minutes before removing them.

#327 - Chocolate Cookies

(by Shirley McNevich)

3/4 cup flour
3/4 tsp. salt
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs (UNbeaten)
3oz. melted Baker's semi-sweet chocolate baking squares
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Make sure all ingredients are at room temperature. In a mixer, beat sugar, butter, eggs, melted chocolate (you can melt it in the microwave) and vanilla. Add salt, flour and nuts (optional)--mix thoroughly. Drop by teaspoonsful onto greased cookie sheets and bake at 325 degrees for 15-20 minutes.