Old Fashioned Chocolate Cookies

Cookies are my absolute all time favorite snack to munch on. Well OK, cookies and popcorn. But today I am talking about cookies. Big, ooey-gooey chocolate drop cookies that just melt in your mouth.

The recipe I followed calls them “Grammy’s Chocolate Cookies”, but they are NOTHING like my grammy’s cookies. My grandmother was a horrible cook, and burned EVERYTHING. My mother learned how “to cook”, or should I say how not to cook, from her and did the same. She burned everything too, especially her last batch of cookies; every time. These cookies are soft and chewy and DELICIOUS!!!!!!

Old Fashioned Chocolate Cookies

I was following a Martha Stewart recipe, and for whatever reason, her recipes don’t produce the yield they say they do, or at least not for me, so I doubled my recipe. Surprise, surprise, her recipe DID actually make what it said it would this time, so I had 7 dozen cookies. Good, maybe that means I will actually be able to enjoy a few before they all disappear. 🙂

You can use any kind of cocoa powder you like, but if you can use Dutch process or black cocoa you will have a darker, richer cookie.

Preheat the oven to 350* F or 180* C.

Line your baking sheets with parchment paper.

2 cups +2 TBSP flour

3/4 cup cocoa powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/4 cups softened butter or 2 1/2 sticks

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp chocolate extract

sanding or turbinado sugar

Combine all the dry ingredients together and set aside.

Mix the butter and sugar together until creamy, then add the eggs, mixing in between each addition. Add the vanilla and chocolate extract. If you are not using chocolate extract, add 2 tsp of vanilla. Add the flour and chocolate mixture 1/2 at a time, mixing in between.

Drop about 1 TBSP of dough onto the prepared baking sheets and roll into balls. Then roll each ball into the turbinado or sanding sugar and place them about 2 inches apart. These cookies spread, so you can lightly press them or not, and they will still look exactly the same once you remove them from the oven. I tried it both ways and they all came out the same; delicious. 🙂

Bake for about 15 minutes or until the cookies are set, then allow to cool on a cooling rack.

These cookies are so rich and decadent and taste oh so good! Bet ya can’t stop at just one. 🙂

It’s Ok to be the cookie monster every now and then. Let your inner kid come out and play. Have a great day and make everyday great. Stay safe and stay well. ‘Til next time.