I stole this recipe from Martha Stewart.  I cannot admit to watching her show (her voice drives me up the wall) but these are some damn fine cookies.  You’re supposed to make them with chocolate chunks, but I couldn’t find those and just used chips.  A variation recommended by the website was half butter, half Crisco, to keep the cookies from being flat.  I personally don’t mind a flat cookie as long as it is still delicious.  Mine were not flat at all.  I did have to adapt the recipe quite a bit - not really sure what happened (I’m betting a recipe misprint in the original) but I had to add an additional cup of flour.  It looked like cake batter before!  The recipe below has been modified to include that revision.  You may need to add slightly more/less flour to get the right texture.

Ingredients:

• 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, roughly chopped
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 package (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chunks

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat chopped chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe bowl in 20-second increments, stirring in between, until almost melted; do not overheat. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
2. In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, brown sugar, and vanilla on high speed until light and fluffy. Reduce speed to low; beat in melted chocolate. Mix in flour mixture until just combined. Stir in chocolate chunks.
3. Refrigerate dough for about 20 minutes (while your oven preheats.)  This will let them solidify a little bit before you throw them in the oven, and they’ll just be better, trust me.
4. Drop heaping tablespoons of dough 2 to 3 inches apart onto baking sheets. Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until cookies are shiny and crackly yet soft in centers, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on sheets 10 minutes; with a thin metal spatula, transfer to racks to cool completely.

Makes 2 dozen cookies.

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