Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Get ready to be amazed! I’m sharing with you my famous chocolate chip cookies and the secret to making your own brown sugar!  Are you excited?  I am!!

Supplies:
Large mixing bowl
Small mixing bowl
Fork
Mixer
Baking sheet/cookie sheet
Parchment paper

Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup (2 sticks) margarine, softened (I use Blue Bonnett)
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar (see recipe for this below – you just need 3/4 cup granulated sugar and 2 1/4 teaspoons molasses)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (use the real stuff not imitation)
2 large eggs
2 cups (12 ounce package) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Make your own brown sugar:

1.  In your large mixing bowl, add 3/4 cup granulated sugar.
2. Add 2 1/4 teaspoons of molasses.
   

   This is what it looks like before you mix it up.

3. Using a fork, mix the molasses into the sugar.
   

   This is what it looks like after mixing.

4. Voila! You having amazing brown sugar.

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 375°F
2. Combine flour, cocoa, and baking soda in a small bowl.
3. To the brown sugar in your large mixing bowl, add 3/4 cup of sugar.  Mix with a fork.
   

   You end up with lighter brown sugar.

4. Add the softened margarine and vanilla extract to the sugar.  Beat with a mixer until creamy.
5. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
6. Gradually beat in flour mixture.
7. Stir in chocolate chips with a spoon.
   

   This is what it looks like when Aiden helps!

8. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
9. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until brown.
10. Cool for a few minutes.
11. Serve with ice cold milk, and enjoy!

Makes somewhere around 4 dozen cookies. {I don’t really pay that much attention.} It depends on what size you make them.

You can save the cookie dough for about a week – just be sure to put in a sealed container {if you don’t, the dough will dry out – sad day.}

Note:  If you want regular chocolate chip cookies, just don’t add the cocoa.  They are equally as yummy!

I linking up with Nap Time Creations, Shine On Friday, Funky Junk Interiors,  Tatertots and Jello, and Family Ever After.

Let me know how yours turn out!