Double Dark-Chocolate Walnut Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 ounces unsalted butter, 2 sticks
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
5 1/2 ounces dark chocolate, minimum 60 percent cocoa content
3/4 cup walnuts, roughly chopped
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups packed dark brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Cut 8-ounce (2 sticks) unsalted butter into pieces and allow to soften.
In medium bowl, mix together 1 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 cup cocoa powder, salt and baking powder; set aside.
On cutting board, chop 5 1/2 ounces dark chocolate into 1/2-inch chunks; set aside.
Roughly chop 3/4 cup walnuts and set aside.
In separate bowl using an electric mixer, cream together butter with both sugars. Add the eggs, one at a time, to creamed mixture. Beat in 1 t pure vanilla extract.
Slowly add dry ingredients to creamed mixture, beating well with electric mixer after each addition.
Stir in chocolate chunks and walnut pieces using wooden spoon.
Drop 1 1/2-inch balls of dough onto greased cookie sheet.
Bake 9 minutes on middle oven rack.
Let cookies cool for several minutes on cookie sheet before transferring to a cooling rack (they will be too soft when first removed from oven).