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David's Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
8 oz semisweet or bittersweet chocolate (David uses Lindt. Tobler is equally good)
8 oz/2 sticks of butter
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup light or dark brown sugar, firmly packed
1 egg, large or extra large grade
2 cups of sifted all purpose flour
optional: 4 ounces (generous 1 cup) pecans or walnuts, broken into large pieces
Directions:
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400F
2. Place the chocolate on a cutting board and with a long, sharp knife, cut the chocolate first in one direction and then in the opposite direction, making uneven 1/4 to 1/2 inch pieces. Set aside
3. In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter until soft. Beat in the salt and vanilla. Then the sugar, until will mixed. Add the egg and beat, scraping the bowl with a rubber spatula until mixed then, on low speed, add the flour and beat until incorporated. Remove from mixer.
4. With a heavy wooden spatula, stir in the chopped chocolate and optional nuts. The mixture will be thick and sticky
5. Use 2 teaspoons to shape the cookies, one for picking up the dough and one for pushing it off. Use a rounded teaspoonful of dough for each cookie. DO NOT MAKE THESE TOO LARGE. Place cookies 2 inches apart
6. Place on a buttered and floured cookie sheet
7. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes until the edges of the cookies start to brown

 

 

 

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