Best-ever Chocolate Cookies

Total Time: 29 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 9 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup all-bran cereal
• 1 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats or 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
• 3/4 cup vanilla baking chips

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350.
• 2 in large bowl, stir together butter, sugars, and eggs.
• 3 in small bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
• 4 stir into butter mixture.
• 5 stir in cereal, oats, and baking chips.
• 6 onto ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart.
• 7 bake 9 minutes. cool 1 to 2 minutes. remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. cool completely before storing in tightly covered container.