Chocolate Chocolate-chip Cookies

Total Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 72
• 1 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup brandy, or amber rum or hot water
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup firmly packed golden yellow sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons vanilla
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 cups pecan pieces, toasted

Recipe

• 1 combine, raisins and brandy or rum in a small bowl. cover and let stand at room temperature at least 3 hours or over night.
• 2 preheat oven to 350°f butter a heavy cookie sheet.
• 3 with electric mixer, beat butter until light. gradually add sugars and beat until fluffy. add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each. beat in vanilla.
• 4 mix flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a small bowl. add to creamed mixture and stir just until blended.
• 5 drain raisins. add to dough. mix in chocolate chips and pecan pieces. dough will be very stiff.
• 6 drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets, spaced about 1 inch apart.
• 7 bake until cookies appear dry, tops are lightly cracked and soft when pressed, about 10 minutes. careful not to overbake. cool on cookie sheet 5 minutes and remove to rack to finish cooling. makes about 6 dozen.