Road Trip Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 6 oz semisweet chocolate; chopped 1/4” pieces
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup tightly packed light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3 cups M&Ms peanuts
- 1/4 lbs butter 1/2 cup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
- In a sifter combine the flour, baking soda and salt.
- Sift onto a large piece of wax paper and set aside until needed.
- Heat 1” of water in the bottom half of a double boiler over medium heat.
- With the heat on, place the semisweet chocolate in the top half of the double boiler.
- Use a rubber spatula to stir the chocolate until completely melted and smooth, about 4-5 minutes.
- Transfer to a 1-quart bowl and set aside.
- Place the granulated sugar, light brown sugar and butter in a 7-quart bowl.
- Use a stiff rubber spatula (or a wooden spoon) to cream the ingredients together until smooth.
- Add the eggs and vanilla extract and mix to incorporate.
- Add the melted chocolate and mix until combined.
- Add the sifted dry ingredients and thoroughly combine.
- Add the M&M’s, mixing to incorporate.
- Using 3 heaping tablespoons of dough for each cookie (approximately 3 oz.), portion 6 cookies, evenly spaced, onto each of 3 non-stick baking sheets (this is a hefty cookie, so don’t crowd).
- Place the baking sheets on the top and centre racks of the preheated oven and bake for 14 minutes.
- Remove cookies from oven and cool to room temperature on the baking sheets, about 30 minutes.
- Store the cookies in a tightly sealed plastic container
Notes
you can use salted butter just don't add the 1/2 tsp of salt