Recipe: Baker's One Bowl Chocolate Chocolate Cookies

BAKER'S ONE BOWL CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE COOKIES
Source: MariaD/No CA
Makes about 1 1/2 dozen

Note from source: This was an advertisement for Baker's Chocolate, they called it the ultimate chocolate cookie. They may be right, these are very rich. These come out very chewy - think brownies with big hunks of chocolate in them.

2 pkgs. (8 oz each) (16 squares) Baker's Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate,* divided use
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
2 cups chopped nuts (optional)

Heat oven to 350 degrees F.

Coarsely chop 8 squares (1 pkg.) of chocolate; set aside. Microwave remaining squares on large microwavable bowl on high 1-2 minutes. Stir until chocolate is melted and smooth.** Stir in sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla. Stir in flour and baking powder. Stir in reserved chopped nuts and chocolate. Drop by the 1/4 cupfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake 12-13 minutes*** or until cookies are puffed and feel set to the touch. Cool on cookie sheet 1 minute. Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

*I used semi-sweet chips instead of the chocolate squares because I had them on hand. So I used a little over 3/4 of a pkg. of mini chips to melt, and about the same of the extra large chips as chunks.

**My first batch was very gooey dough, the second had set up better since the chocolate wasn't so melted. You might want to wait a minute or two so it would be less sticky to deal with getting on the cookie sheets.

***Also, I found (and this might be because of my change) that I needed to bake these closer to 15-18 minutes.