Chocolate cookie recipe like Oatmeal Chocolate Chips and Others

The art of making a wonderful chocolate cookie recipe is that of starting with a good quality chocolate and combining it with other simple ingredients. It takes only an hour or two to transform some of the most common kitchen staples into delicious delicacies. The techniques used are not much different from those in preparing simple cakes; a chocolate cookie recipe is small miniature cakes.

A simple tip to remember when chopping chocolate for your cookies is that a block is easier to chop when it has been refrigerated; fifteen minutes will firm the bar. With a sharp knife slice the bar into slivers about ¼ inch. The bar will fragment as you cut it; heap the pieces together as you cut. Hold the knife over the pile steadying the knife tip with your free hand. Use the tip as a pivot and rock the knife back and forth as an arc until pieces are all cut the size desired. Transfer and shake the pieces through a sieve to shake it free of chocolate dust.

Try the following chocolate cookie recipe using chocolate chips. The chocolate chips and oatmeal makes a delicious combination. Another delicious combination is adding peanut butter (as in the peanut butter frosting recipe) to the chocolate drop cookie recipes. Who doesn’t love chocolate and peanut butter! That is what made the peanut butter cups so famous. Try the chocolate cookies below.

CHOCOLATE OATMEAL COOKIES

• 1 Cup brown sugar
• 1 Cup white sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 1 Cup soft butter
• 2 Cups flour
• 1 ½ Teaspoon baking powder
• 1 Teaspoon soda
• 1 Teaspoon vanilla
• 1/8 Teaspoon salt
• 2 Cups old fashioned oats
• 1 Cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla.

Add flour, baking powder, and soda, salt and mix well.

Sir in the oats and chocolate chips.

Drop by teaspoonfuls on a lightly greased cookie sheet.

Bake for 10 to 15 minutes.

CHOCOLATE COOKIE RECIPE a cocoa powder recipe

• 1 Cup butter
• 1 ½ Cups brown sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 1 Cup milk
• 2 ½ Teaspoon vanilla
• 4 Cups sifted flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3 Teaspoon baking powder
• ¾ Cup cocoa
• 1 Cup chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream butter and sugar together, adding eggs and vanilla.

Sift flour and measure again with other dry ingredients.

Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternating with the milk and mix well.

Stir in the nuts.

Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a lightly greased cookie sheet.

Bake for 15 minutes or until set.

CHOCOLATE COOKIES made with melted chocolate

• 1 Cup brown sugar
• ½ Cup melted butter
• 1 Egg
• 1/3 Cup milk
• 1 ½ Cups sifted flour
• 1/8 Teaspoon salt
• 1 Teaspoon baking powder
• 2 Squares melted chocolate
• ½ Cup nuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream butter, sugar, egg and cooled chocolate.

Sift dry ingredients together and add to creamed mixture alternating with the milk.

Add dry ingredients to the cream mixture alternating with the milk, mixing well.

Mix in nuts.

Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a lightly greased cookie sheet.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until set.

When cold frost with peanut butter cream frosting.

PEANUT BUTTER CREAM FROSTING

• 2 ½ Cups confectionary sugar
• ½ Cup peanut butter
• 1 Tablespoon soft butter
• 1 Teaspoon vanilla

Combine all ingredients and beat until creamy and spread over tops of cookies.

CARAMEL FILLED COOKIES

This easy chocolate cookie recipe is made with a box cake mix and the dough is wrapped around Rolo candies making great caramel filled cookies.

• 1 Package (18 ¼ ounces) chocolate cake mix
  
• ½ Cup oil
  
• 2 Slightly beaten eggs
  
• Rolo candies
  
  

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
Combine cake mix, oil and eggs in a large bowl; blend well.
Place a Rolo candy in the center of cookie dough; roll into ball around candy.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart; bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
Cool 1 minute and remove from pan to cool completely.

HERSHEY CHOCOLATE COOKIE BAR RECIPE

This is also an easy but delicious chocolate cookie recipe; easy because it is baked all at once in a pan before cutting into bars.

• 1 Cup brown sugar
  
• 1 Cup softened butter
  
• 1 Egg
  
• 2 Cups flour
  
• 1 Teaspoon vanilla
  
• 1 Large Hershey bar
  
• Chopped slivered almonds
  
  

Cream sugar and butter; stir in remaining ingredients until well blended.
Pat mixture into 10 X 15 inch jelly roll baking tray.
Bake in preheated oven at 350F degrees for 15 to 25 minutes until lightly browned.
Remove from oven; break up Hershey chocolate bar over the top of hot bars.
Spread chocolate around as chocolate melts; sprinkle top with chopped almonds.
Cool completely before cutting in bars.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE COCONUT BALLS RECIPE

• 1 Package (12 ounces) semi sweet chocolate chips divided
  
• ¾ Cup granulated sugar
  
• ½ Cup softened butter
  
• 2 Eggs
  
• 1 Teaspoon vanilla
  
• 2 Cups oats
  
• 1 ½ Cups flour
  
• 2 Teaspoons baking powder
  
• ½ Cup shredded coconut
  
• ¼ Teaspoon salt
  
• ½ Cup powdered sugar
  
  

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
In saucepan over low heat melt 1 cup chocolate chips stirring constantly until smooth; cool slightly.
Beat sugar and butter until fluffy; blend in eggs, vanilla and melted chocolate.
Combine oats, flour, baking powder, salt and coconut; blend into chocolate mixture.
Stir remaining 1 cup chocolate chips into mixture; shape into 1 inch balls.
Roll balls in powdered sugar coating heavily and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes; cool 2 minutes then remove from pan to cool completely.

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