Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies

These are so delicious!!  It's hard to eat only one.  My nephew has an egg allergy so there is an eggless option to these as well.  I entered these in the Iowa State Fair and got a lot of really useful feedback!  I hope you enjoy them as much as my family does.

 

Ingredients:

8 ounces semisweet chocolate, roughly chopped

4 tablespoons unsalted butter

2/3 cup all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

2 eggs (½ ripe banana for eggless option)

¾ cup packed light-brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 package (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chunks

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350F.  Heat chopped chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe bowl in 20 second intervals, stirring between each, until mostly melted.  In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.

In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat eggs (banana for eggless option), brown sugar, and vanilla on high speed until light and fluffy.  Reduce speed to low, beat in melted chocolate.  Mix in flour mixture until just combined.  Stir in chocolate chunks.

Use cookie scoop to drop balls onto ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake for 12-15 minutes, until cookies are shiny and crackly yet soft in the centers.  Let cookies sit on cookie sheet for 10 minutes.  Transfer to cooling rack.

Enjoy!