Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup butter
• 2/3 cup crisco
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup cocoa
• 1 teaspoon espresso powder (optional)
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups chocolate chips (peanut butter chips are yummy, too!)

Recipe

• 1 mix the butter, crisco, and sugar in your mixing bowl until pretty well combined.
• 2 add eggs and vanilla and mix leaving a few chunks.
• 3 add cocoa powder and espresso powder. mix until combined.
• 4 place in the mixing bowl 1 cup of the flour.
• 5 in a separate 2 cup measuring cup,combine the other cup of flour and the soda and salt. mix together and then add to the rest of the ingredients.
• 6 finally add the chocolate chips.
• 7 drop by rounded soup spoon onto an ungreased cookie sheet. i usually get six to a sheet.
• 8 bake in a 375 oven for 7.5 minutes. i use a convection oven and cook at 375. don't let the oven think it's smarter than you and drop the degree by 25 degrees.
• 9 these need to rest on the pan for about 5 minutes before they are removed, but they will be nice on the outside and soft on the inside.