Chocolate Jumbles

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 18
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup salted butter, softened to room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups firmly packed dark brown sugar or 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups chocolate chips (or chunks)
• 1 cup pecans, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease two cookie sheets or lime them with silpat.
• 3 in a large bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
• 4 cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl.
• 5 add the eggs and vanilla; mix and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• 6 add the flour mixture and mix until it is just combined.
• 7 add the chocolate chips and pecans.
• 8 if the dough is too stiff, wet your hands and finish mixing by hand.
• 9 using two tablespoons, drop the cookie dough onto the cookie sheets; use an ice cream scoop if you have one.
• 10 wet it with warm water between scoops so the dough falls out easily.
• 11 press the dough balls down gently with your fingertips.
• 12 bake the jumbles for 20 minutes.
• 13 the cookies will be soft when they come out of the oven; do not overbake them.
• 14 cool them on the cookie sheets for 5 minutes and remove the cookies to a wire rack to finish cooling.