Chocolate Whoppers

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 6 ounces semisweet baking chocolate
• 2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter or 6 tablespoons margarine
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons powdered instant coffee or 2 teaspoons espresso (not granular)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (6oz)
• 1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
• 1 cup toasted pecans, coarsely chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 f.
• 2 line a cookie sheet with foil.
• 3 microwave both baking chocolates and butter, in a meduim bowl, on high for 1 minute.
• 4 stir mixture.
• 5 repeat at 30-second intervals until chocolate and butter have melted and mixture is smooth.
• 6 or melt chocolate and butter in a saucepan over low heat, stirring until smooth.
• 7 let chocolate mixture cool slightly.
• 8 in another medium bowl (with mixer on high speed) beat eggs, sugar, coffee powder, vanilla, salt, and baking powder until lighter in color and bubbly, about 2 minutes.
• 9 reduce mixer speed to low and beat in chocolate mixture (which may still be quite warm).
• 10 add flour and beat until just blended.
• 11 stir in remaining ingredients.
• 12 dough will be gooey.
• 13 using a scant 1/3 cup batter per cookie, drop 5 mounds on each cookie sheet.
• 14 do not flatten tops.
• 15 bake no longer then 13 to 15 minutes.
• 16 surface of cookies will be dry, shiny, and cracked.
• 17 inside will be soft.
• 18 slide foil off of cookie sheet.
• 19 cool cookies on foil or remove to rack to cool.
• 20 *to toast nuts, preheat oven to 350 f.
• 21 spread nuts in a single layer in a shallow pan.
• 22 bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until nuts are lightly colored.
• 23 cool before chopping or using.
• 24 *.