Chocolate Brownie Cookies

These cookies taste just like your favorite brownie! They even have the iconic crackled top. They are chocolatey and chewy and go great with a glass of milk. Everything is mixed by hand, so no electric mixer required.

Ingredients:

8 oz semi sweet baking chocolate (not chips, but Bakers semi sweet bars that you find in the baking aisle)
1/4 C salted butter (if you only have unsalted, add 1/4 t more salt to the dry ingredients)
1/2 C all purpose flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 C brown sugar
1/2 C white sugar
2 large eggs at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F and line baking pans with parchment paper.
2. Break up the Bakers chocolate into small pieces and place in a microwave safe bowl with the butter. Microwave in 20 second increments (stirring in-between) until melted. Set aside.
3. Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in another bowl. Set aside.
4. In a large bowl whisk by hand the brown sugar, white sugar, and eggs for 5 minutes. Don't skimp on the step. It's what helps give the cookies their shiny crackled tops.
5. Add the melted chocolate/butter and vanilla to the egg/sugar mixture and whisk until combined.
6. Add in the flour mixture and mix with a rubber spatula just until the flour is all mixed in. The dough will be very soft and will remind you of brownie batter or chocolate frosting.
7. Use a medium cookie scoop to scoop dough onto the parchment-covered baking sheets, placing them 2 inches apart.
8. Bake for 9 minutes or until cookies are set on the edges and has a crackled top. They will still look soft in the middle but will firm up after cooling. Fully cool the cookies on the pan before removing them to serve.