Senscrumptional

One type of cookie that I just don’t think is made often enough is chocolate.  Sure, everybody indulges in a chocolate chip from time to time, or maybe even a chocolate chocolate chip, but what about chocolate cookies?  Other than Oreos, I don’t think chocolate cookies really cross the average person’s mind.  They cross mine, and so I have devised a recipe…

Ingredients:

Soft and cake-like in the center

• 2¾ cups self-rising flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ cup (4 tablespoons) unsweetened cocoa
• 1 cup (2 sticks) softened butter
• 1½ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Yield:

~30-40 cookies

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375° F.

In a small mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and cocoa.

In a large mixing bowl, mix the sugar, butter, egg, and vanilla extract thoroughly until smooth.  Slowly mix in the dry ingredients.

Using your hands, roll the mixture into 1-inch balls and place them 1½ inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet (the butter in this recipe will keep your cookies from sticking).  Bake them for 10-15 minutes, or until the surfaces begin to crack.

Let your cookies cool on the pan for at least five minutes before serving.  Use a spatula to remove them from the cookie sheet.

Maybe next time, I’ll try for something darker and crunchier; more Oreo-like.  What I was going for here, and what the title implies, is something soft and light.

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