Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: North American

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 12

Total Time: 22

Servings: cookies

Calories: 173kcal

Author: Lord Byron's Kitchen

Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies are slightly crispy on the outside, with a moist and dense chocolaty centre. Stuffed with dark chocolate chunks and topped with a few too, these are substantial cookies, meaning that they are thick and filling. Great for dunking in a glass of cold milk too!

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Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, lightly packed
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups dark chocolate chunks
1/4 cup sanding sugar, optional

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Set aside.
In a mixing bowl, use a hand-held mixer to beat together the butter and the sugar until well combined.
Add the eggs and vanilla extract. Beat into the butter and sugar mixture.
Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Add it to the wet ingredients and mix until well incorporated.
Next, stir in 1 cup of the dark chocolate chunks.
Portion out 1 heaping tablespoon of the cookie dough. Roll into a ball and place onto the prepared baking sheet.
With the palm of your hand, flatten the cookie ball to just under half of an inch thick. Top the cookie with a few of the remaining dark chocolate chunks and a sprinkling of the sanding sugar.
Repeat until you have used up all of the cookie dough, leaving two inches of space between each cookie.
Bake for 12 minutes.
Allow to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire cooling rack to finish cooling.

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