Mechelles Chocolate Cookies Food

CHOCOLATE CHIP MELTAWAY COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine flour, corn starch, and confectioners' sugar. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and vanilla extract until smooth.
• Add flour mixture and begin mixing on low speed.
• Once mixture begins to get thick, increase speed to thoroughly mix until combined, scraping down sides.
• Scrape batter from beaters, and mix in chocolate chips with a large spoon.
• Refrigerate dough for 1 hour to firm up. (It's important that the dough be cold).
• When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350°F.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls (no larger).
• Place 1-1/2 inches apart on lined baking sheet, flatten if desired., and bake for 10 to 12 minutes until bottom edges just barely begin to turn brown. (Do NOT over-bake)
• Cool on racks.
• Pour powdered sugar into a bowl or plastic baggie.
• Shake chocolate chip meltaway cookies in powdered sugar.
• Store in an airtight container.

DEATH BY CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Prepare a grill for indirect heat. If using a charcoal grill, build the hot coals on one side only. If using a gas grill, heat one side only to medium-high heat.
• Whisk together the butter, both sugars, vanilla and salt in a large bowl. Whisk in the baking powder, baking soda and chocolate pudding. Add the eggs, one at a time, using a wooden spoon to mix well after each addition. Stir in the flour, chocolate chips and pretzels.
• Lightly spray a 1/2-cup measuring cup with cooking spray. Fill the measuring cup with dough, pressing it in until the dough takes on a biscuit shape. Unmold the biscuit into a cast-iron pan and repeat with the remaining dough until you have 8 cookies.
• Place the skillet over indirect heat, close the grill and bake, about 30 minutes (see Cook's Note).
• Remove the pan from the grill and sprinkle the cookies with flaky sea salt. Serve with scoops of frozen whipped topping.
• (Alternatively, you can bake these in a 350 degrees F oven for 25 to 30 minutes.)

MECHELLE'S CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease or butter cookie sheets.
• In a small bowl, toss together almonds, bittersweet, semisweet and milk chocolate pieces, and oats; set aside. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Stir in the flour mixture until just blended; Mix in oats, nuts, and chocolates. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire racks to cool completely.

MICHELLE OBAMA'S WHITE AND DARK CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°.
• In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream butter, vegetable shortening, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• On low speed, beat in flour mixture.
• By hand, stir in white and milk chocolate chips, mint chips and walnuts.
• Drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake at 375° for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 4 and line a baking tray with baking paper.
• In a large bowl, beat the butter, egg yolk, sugar, honey and salt together until smooth.
• Gradually sift in the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder and mix until smooth, but be careful not to overwork the mixture. Add the white chocolate and combine.
• Roll the dough into a cylinder roughly 3cm/1¼in in diameter. Wrap in baking paper and refrigerate for 45 minutes, or until firm.
• Cut the roll into 5mm/¼in slices and place on the baking tray, leaving a gap between the cookies.
• Bake for 15 minutes; they should still be a little soft when you remove them from the oven. Leave to cool slightly before serving.