Chocolate Dreams

Total Time: 39 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 9 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups chopped macadamia nuts
• 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 in a medium saucepan cook and stir bittersweet chocolate and butter over low heat until melted.
• 2 remove from heat and cool mixture about 20 minutes.
• 3 meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°.
• 4 line two large cookie sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
• 5 in a small bowl stir together flour and baking powder; set aside.
• 6 in a large bowl, beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla on medium speed about 5 minutes or until thickened and pale yellow.
• 7 gently stir in flour mixture and cooled melted chocolate; gently stir in nuts and chocolate chips.
• 8 immediately, using a small cookie scoop (1 1/2 inches in diameter), drop dough in mounds 1 inch apart onto prepared cookie sheets (dough will thicken as it stands).
• 9 bake both sheets of cookies at the same time on separate racks for 8-9 minutes or until edges are set but centers are soft, switching sheets to the opposite racks, halfway through baking.
• 10 cool cookies completely on cookie sheets set on wire racks.
• 11 peel cooled cookies off the parchment paper.
• 12 store-layer cookies between waxed paper in an airtight container; cover.
• 13 store at room temperature for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.