Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup flour
6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
5 tablespoons vegetable shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

This recipe makes a little less than 2 dozen cookies and can easily be doubled if you are in need of many cookies.

Step 1:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line your cookie sheets with parchment paper (or those fancy silicon mat things if you have them) for easy clean up later. (You can just bake directly on an ungreased cookie sheet, but I like to have to wash as few dishes as possible).

Step 2:

Mix the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt together in a small bowl and set aside.

Step 3:

Cream the butter, vegetable shortening and sugar together. I recommend using the Crisco sticks of shortening for easy measurement marks right there on the wrapper.

Step 4:

Add the egg and vanilla and beat well.

Step 5:

Add the flour mixture a bit at a time, mixing until well blended.

Step 6:

Add the mini chocolate chips and stir in by hand.

Step 7:

Scoop the dough out and form into small balls (or get an easy to use cookie scooper). Drop the dough balls into some powdered sugar...

Step 8:

...and roll around until lightly covered.

Step 9:

Place the dough balls on the cookie sheets a few inches apart. (Granulated sugar can be used here if you don't have powdered).

Bake in your 350 degree preheated oven for 12-15 minutes. Check them frequently because they can go from just right to burnt in a minute.

Step 10:

Allow the chocolate chocolate chip cookies to cool before gorging yourself. Enjoy!