Dunbar House, 1880

Death By Chocolate Cookies: Dessert

Servings: 12

Ingredients:

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  2 packages Baker's Semi Sweet Baking Chocolate-divided

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  3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar

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  1/4 cup butter

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  2 large eggs

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  1 teaspoon vanilla

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  1/2 cup flour

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  1/4 teaspoon baking powder

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  2 cups rough chopped walnuts (or other nuts of your choice)

Step 1:

1. Heat oven to 350° 2. Coarsely chop 8 squares (1 pkg.) of the chocolate and set aside. 3. Roughly chop nuts and set aside. 4. Microwave remaining 8 squares of chocolate in a large bowl on High for 1 to 2 minutes. Stir until chocolate is melted and smooth. 5. Stir in sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla. 6. Mix flour and baking powder together and then stir into mixture. 7. Stir in reserved rough chopped chocolate and nuts. (Mixture will be thick.) 8. Drop by 1/4 cupfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet or Silpat sheet. 9. Bake 12-13 minutes or until cookies are puffed and feel set to the touch. 10. Cool on cookie sheet 1 minute. 11. Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.