Chocolate Wows

Total Time: 33 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 13 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups pecans, chopped
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or 1 cup milk chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat over to 325°.
• 2 line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• 3 in small bowl combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
• 4 in heavy saucepan melt chocolate and butter over low heat stirring until smooth.
• 5 remove from heat and cool.
• 6 in large bowl beat at medium speed, eggs and sugar until light and lemony colored, about 2 minutes.
• 7 reduce to low speed and add cooled chocolate mixture, flour mixture and vanilla.
• 8 beat just until blended.
• 9 increase speed to medium and beat 2 minutes.
• 10 with wooden spoon, stir in pecans and chips.
• 11 drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2-inches apart on cookie sheets.
• 12 with back of spoon, spread batter into 2 inch rounds.
• 13 bake until tops are shiny and cracked, about 13 minutes.
• 14 if doing 2 sheets at once, rotate between racks at about 6 minutes.
• 15 cool 10 minutes on sheet then transfer to rack to cool totally.