Chocolate Chocolate Chunk Cookie Recipe

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
If you are looking for the perfect chocolate cookie to celebrate the traditions of La Bufana look no more these are the cookies we make in place of coal to celebrate the day!

This is a double chocolate chunk cookie is one we make on January 6th in observe to the Feast of the Epiphany that is celebrated on January 6 as a national holiday in Italy!

Every year we have this tradition to bake cookies around Christmas Italian legend on the old woman who gave gifts to the children who were good on the eve before January 6th and if you were bad all year then you would get coal.

The cookie is full of chocolate goodness and certainly one recipe to add to your collection if you're a true chocolate cookie lovers.

This is the one recipe you'll ever need after one bite of these delicious coal cookies aka chocolate chunk cookies.







Step By Step

  1. In a medium size bowl cream the butter eggs and shorten until light and fluffy.
  2. Combine the rest of the ingredients folding in the chocolate last and nuts if used.
  3. Drop by teaspoonsful on an ungreased cookie sheet or parchment paper lined.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven of 350 for 10 minutes just till set.
  5. Cool and frost.




Ingredients You Will Need(see printable recipe card below for measurements)

  • white sugar
  • brown sugar
  • large eggs
  • flour
  • vanilla
  • almond extract 
  • cocoa powder
  • baking soda



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Chocolate Chocolate Chunk Cookie Recipe

Chocolate Chocolate Chunk Cookie Recipe

Yield: 24
Author: Claudia Lamascolo
Prep time: 12 MinCook time: 10 MinTotal time: 22 Min
A delicious chocolate cookie with a hint of almond flavoring we just love around the holidays

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter softened (for a soft cookies add all butter no shortening)
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • pinch of salt
  • 2 cups chocolate chunks or semi-sweet chips
  • Canned chocolate frosting or make your own
  • Holiday sprinkles

Instructions

  1. In a medium size bowl cream the butter eggs and shorten until light and fluffy.
  2. Combine the rest of the ingredients folding in the chocolate last and nuts if used.
  3. Drop by teaspoonsful on an ungreased cookie sheet or parchment paper lined.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven of 350 for 10 minutes just till set.
  5. Cool and frost with chocolate frosting and sprinkles.
  6. For a homemade chocolate frosting:
  7. 2 tablespoons butter softened
  8. 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  9. 3 tablespoons milk or water
  10. 1/2 teaspoon of any flavored extract
  11. 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
  12. Mix all together and more liquid if needed for a free-flowing icing.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

255.23

Fat (grams)

14.42

Sat. Fat (grams)

6.98

Carbs (grams)

30.02

Fiber (grams)

2.29

Net carbs

27.72

Sugar (grams)

18.48

Protein (grams)

3

Sodium (milligrams)

75.84

Cholesterol (grams)

26.52
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