Ingredients
1/2 cup butter or margarine
6 tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg yolk
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate
Directions
Preparation time: 10 min. Baking time: 15 to 20 min. Oven
temperature: 350 degrees F.
A rich chocolate chip morsel, somewhere between a cookie and a candy.
Easy to bake up a batch and keep on hand.
For 3 dozen cookies you will need:
chips
1. Cream the butter until light.
2. Beat in the brown sugar. Mix until creamy. Add the vanilla and egg
yolk.
3. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and cocoa powder. Add to
the butter mixture.
4. Stir in the chocolate chips.
5. Shape by teaspoon-ful into 1-inch balls. Place on lightly greased
cookie sheets.
6. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove to rack to
cool.
Tips: When "creaming" butter and sugar, the particles of each won't
show up separately. When recipes indicate "blanding", the mixing is
done to a lesser extent.
From: Great American Recipes Shared by: Kaitlin Young
Servings: 6 servings
Chocolate Morsels Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Chocolate; Dessert
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