Triple - Chocolate Cookies

Total Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 8 ounces semisweet chocolate or 8 ounces baking bar, broken into chunks or 8 ounces one 10oz package chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixer bowl, beat the shortening and butter or margarine with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. add the granulated sugar, brown sugar, and baking soda; beat until combined. beat in the eggs, vanilla and melted chocolate,
• 2 beat in cocoa powder and as much of the flour as you can with the mixer, stir in any remaining flour with a wooden spoon. stir in the semisweet chocolate, baking bar, or baking pieces.
• 3 drop by rounded tablespoons of dough 2-inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets,
• 4 bake in a preheated 375f oven for 8-10 minutes, or till tops look dry,
• 5 cool on cookie sheets for 1 minute; remove cookies and cool on wire racks.