Chocolate Chocolate Cookies

Total Time: 37 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 ounces unsalted butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 lb chocolate, roughly chopped
• 1/2 lb whole skinned hazelnuts or 1/2 lb macadamia nuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 325 degrees f.
• 2 in a double boiler over simmering water, melt the bittersweet chocolate and butter stirring constantly. in a large mixing bowl, whisk together the sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, and salt. in a separate bowl, sift together the flour and baking powder. combine the chocolate, flour, and egg mixtures together. stir in the chocolate and hazelnuts.
• 3 rest the dough in the refrigerator until it begins to set up but is still soft enough to spoon out.
• 4 using 2 spoons, drop 1 tablespoon portions of dough 2 inches apart on a parchment paper-lined sheet pan. bake for 12 minutes. cool on the sheet pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.