Chocolate Chubbies

chocolate, cookies

8 oz semisweet chocolate (8 squares)
3 oz unsweetened chocolate (3 squares)
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3 large eggs, at room temperature
1 1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup unbleached all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cup toasted walnuts, chopped
1 1/2 cup toasted pecans, chopped

Note: These intensely chocolate cookies deserve their name -- because of their shape, of course, and yours if you eat too many. Yield: 25 Large Cookies Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. and grease 3 cookie sheets. Melt the chocolate with the butter in a double boiler over simmering water. Cool to room temperature. Beat the eggs with the sugar in a mixer bowl until a ribbon forms when the beaters are lifted, about 10 minutes. Beat in the chocolate mixture and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and stir into the chocolate mixture just until combined. DO NOT OVERMIX!!! Stir in the chocolate chips and nuts. Drop batter by quarter cupfuls 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookies sheets (DO NOT FLATTEN). Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until barely firm and tops are just dry and slightly cracked. Cool on the cookie sheest for 2 minutes and then gently transfer to wire racks to cool completely. CAL PRO FAT CARB CHOL SODIUM ** 300 4 G 21 G 28 G 36 Mg 39 Mg From The Ladies Home Journal April 1991