Hershey's Deep Dark Chocolate Cookies
This is a really good dark chocolate cookie recipe. You can use Hershey's brand Dutch or any Dutch process cocoa.
Servings 30 cookies
Cost 5
Ingredients
- ¾ cup salted butter, softened softened
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup Dutch process cocoa or a mix of Dutch process and black
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt or ½ teaspoon if using unsalted butter
- 1 cup semisweet or dark chocolate chips
- ½ cup chopped walnuts optional
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla on medium speed for about 2 minutes or until creamy. Add eggs; beat well.
- Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating on low speed and scraping side of the bowl often just until blended.
- Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. For larger cookies, use a medium size scoop.
- Bake 7 minutes for very small cookies or 10-12 minutes for larger cookies. Let cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.