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Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 2 egg whites
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 9 ounce dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces and divided (chocolate chips can also be used)
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Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.
In medium bowl, beat butter and sugar until light fluffy. Mix in egg whites, egg and vanilla until thoroughly combined.
Melt 3 ounces of dark chocolate in microwave. Mix melted chocolate into wet ingredients a little bit at a time until fully combined.
Mix dry ingredients until just combined.
Fold 4 ounces of remaining un-melted chocolate into batter.
Scoop tablespoon-sized balls of dough onto cookies sheets lined with parchment paper, spacing cookies 3 inch apart from one another. Press dough balls down slightly with your thumb to flatten tops.
Press remaining 2 ounce chocolate pieces on tops of cookies so that there will some chocolate visible on top of each cookie after they bake.
Bake 9 minutes or until firmly set. Remove from oven and let cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to cooling rack. Serve warm or, once cooled, store in loosely covered container for up to 4 days.
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