1/2 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup sugar, granulated
1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1 egg
1 tbsp water
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 cup flour, all-purpose
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
8 oz sweet cooking chocolate, coarsely c, hipped
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream together thoroughly butter and
sugars, using electric mixer. Add egg, water and vanilla and beat
well.
In a separate bowl, stir together flour, soda and salt. Blend dry
ingredients into creamed mixture. Stir chipped chocolate pieces into
batter by hand so they do not get too broken up. Drop from teaspoon
2" apart onto greased cookie sheet. Bake for about 13 minutes. Cool
on racks.
Yield: 3 1/2 dozen cookies
Servings: 42 cookies
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