A tradition with the extended family on my mom's side is to throw a recipe shower for couples getting married. At the shower, the couple-to-wed receives favourite recipes from the family along with some of the required ingredients and/or baking tools/pans.
One recipe we received that has been often whipped up in our home is this one for Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies (that's no typo; double the chocolate, double the fun).
Today, with all its rain and dreariness, called for a cookie (or three) and some tea.
Here's the recipe for when you have your own cookie kind of a day.
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup cocoa powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)*
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In large bowl, beat butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt; stir into the butter mixture until well blended. Mix in the chocolate chips and walnuts. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or just until set. Cool slightly on the cookie sheets before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
* I never add the walnuts. According to Ben, nuts and raisins are destroyers of cookies.
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