Deep Dark Chocolate Fudge Cookies

Deep Dark Chocolate Fudge Cookies

These are my favorite chocolate cookies. So rich and fudgey, if you are a chocoholic, this is your new cookie recipe.
Plan Ahead Note: The butter needs to be softened to room temperature.
Course Dessert
Servings 3 dozen cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ cups flour
  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 8 oz. semisweet chocolate broken into small pieces
  • 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate broken into small pieces
  • 1 ½ cups brown sugar firmly packed
  • ¾ cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • Sift together flour,cocoa, baking soda, and salt into a bowl.  Set aside.             
  • Heat 1" water in the bottom half of a double boiler and heat over medium heat.
  • Add semisweet and unsweetened chocolate pieces to top half of double boiler, stirring over low heat until just melted.
  •  Cool to room temperature.
  •  In an electric mixer at medium speed, blend brown sugar and butter for 1 minute.  
  • Scrape down sides of bowl, and beat on high for 30 seconds.  Scrape down the bowl.  
  • Add eggs one at a time, beating until blended and then scrape down the bowl after each egg.
  • Add the vanilla extract and beat for 30 seconds.
  • Add the melted chocolate and beat for 10 seconds.
  • Scrape down bowl and add sifted flour mixture, beating just until blended.
  • Stir in chocolate chips.
  • Drop cookies by rounded spoonfuls on an ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake at 325 degrees for 18 minutes.
  • Let cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes and then move to wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

Recipe from Death By Chocolate Cookbook.