Giant Chocolate Toffee Cookies

By mealsfor6

Made for construction guys 4-30-14
From Cook book "Don't Panic Dinner's in the Freezer!"

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 t. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 lb. bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1 3/4 cups packed brown sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 T. vanilla extract
• 5-1.4 ounce chocolate-covered English toffee bars (Heath bars)coarsely chopped
• 1 cup walnuts, toasted and chopped

Details

Servings 18

Preparation

Step 1

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl; whisk to blend and set aside. Place chocolate and butter in top of double boiler and set over simmering water, stirring occasionally, until melted and smooth. Remove from heat; cool to lukewarm.

Using an electric mixer, beat sugar and eggs in a large mixing bowl until thick, about 5 minutes. Beat in chocolate mixture and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture, then toffee and nuts. Chill batter until firm, about 45 minutes. Cookie dough may be formed into cookie balls (1/4 cup of dough each)at this point, flash frozen, and placed in a freezer bag. Cookies may also be baked, cooled, wrapped in plastic wrap, placed in a freezer bag, and frozen.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment or waxed paper. Place dough balls onto sheets, spacing 2 1/2 inches apart. Bake just until tops are dry and cracked but cookies are still soft to touch, about 15 minutes. Cool on sheets.