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Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Submitted by Cari Brandt, Buzz reader | December 1, 2015

Ingredients:

2¼ cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 sticks butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs, beaten
1 tablespoon vanilla
½ cup unsweetened cocoa
2 cups chocolate chips, 2 Hershey's chocolate bars, chopped, or M&M'S
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Recipe directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl, stir together flour, salt and baking soda. In another large bowl stir together butter, both sugars, eggs, vanilla and cocoa. Gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture and mix until combined. Stir chocolate chips and walnuts, if using, and stir to distribute evenly.

For cookies: Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheets and bake about 10 minutes. Cool on a baking rack.

For bars: Pat dough into a greased 9-inch-square baking pan and bake 20 to 25 minutes. Cut into squares when cooled.

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