dark chocolate chipotle cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 cups butter, softened
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder, sifted
• 2 teaspoons finely chopped chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
• 4 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup white sugar

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 50 mins


• whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• place the chopped chocolate into a microwave-safe bowl; melt in the microwave oven at 40 percent power in 30-second intervals; stirring after each melting, until the chocolate is warm and smoothly melted, 1 to 3 minutes. allow to cool slightly.
• in a separate large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the butter, brown sugar, 1 1/2 cup of white sugar, cocoa powder, and chipotle pepper until smooth. add the eggs one at a time, beating each egg into the mixture before adding the next. beat in the vanilla extract and water.
• mix the melted chocolate into the butter mixture. gently stir in the flour mixture until incorporated. mix in the chocolate chips. cover bowl, and refrigerate dough for 1 hour.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• place 1/2 cup sugar in a small bowl. roll dough into small balls. roll balls in sugar to coat. place the cookies the prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart.
• bake in the preheated oven until cookies are set, 12 to 14 minutes. allow to cool on the sheets for a minute or two before removing to racks to finish cooling.