Triple Chocolate Chubbies

By bakers_delight85

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups pecans or walnuts, or a mix of both
• 12 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped
• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. kosher salt
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp. instant espresso powder
• 2 tbsp. vanilla extract
• 2 cups chocolate chips or chopped chocolate (buy the best chocolate you can afford)

Details

Servings 3

Preparation

Step 1

Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Arrange the pecans or walnuts on a rimmed baking sheet and toast for 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from the oven (turn the oven off, too) and coarsely chop. Fill a medium saucepan with several inches of water. Place over medium-high heat, heat until simmering, and then reduce the heat to low so the water just barely simmers. Place the semisweet chocolate, unsweetened chocolate, and butter in a double boiler or heatproof bowl that fits over the saucepan. Set over the barely simmering water and heat, stirring occasionally, just until melted. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool to lukewarm. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. I prefer sifting the dry ingredients together because baking soda has a tendency to clump and a whisk isn't very effective at breaking up the tiny clumps.)Place the eggs and sugars in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat at medium-high speed until thick and creamy, about 3 minutes. With the mixer on medium-low speed, slowly pour in the cooled chocolate-butter mixture, beating until combined. Add the espresso powder and vanilla. With the mixer on low speed, add the dry ingredients, mixing just until combined. Then mix in the chocolate chips and nuts. Place the bowl in the refrigerator to chill the dough for at least 1 hour. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Position the racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Drop the dough by rounded Tbsp. onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving 2 inches between the cookies. Bake for 12 minutes, rotating the baking sheets from top to bottom and front to back halfway through baking. (The cookies will be shiny around the outside but soft in the center.) Let cool on the baking sheet for a minute before moving to a wire rack to cook completely (they'll firm up as they cool.) Repeat with the remaining dough, cooling the sheets completely between batches.