Soft Cocoa Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
• 1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups chocolate chips (16 ounces)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f
• 2 whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.
• 3 beat together butter and sugars in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until pale and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
• 4 beat eggs lightly and add them to butter mixture, beating with mixer until creamy, about 1 minute. beat in vanilla.
• 5 reduce speed to low and mix in flour mixture until just blended.
• 6 stir in chips.
• 7 scoop 1/4 cup batter for each cookie, arranging mounds 3 inches apart. flatten mounds into 3-inch rounds using moistened palm of your hand.
• 8 bake, 1 sheet at a time, until golden, 13 to 15 minutes. transfer cookies to a rack to cool and continue making cookies in same manner using cooled baking sheets.