Chocolate Chewies With Chocolate-Mint Glaze
- 5 cups All-purpose Flour
- 2-1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 3 cups Brown Sugar, Packed
- 1-1/2 cup Butter, Unsalted, Cubed
- 5 Tablespoons Water
- 4 cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
- 4 whole Eggs
- 10 ounces, weight Chocolate Bark (or Milk Chocolate Chips Can Be Substituted)
- 1 teaspoon Vegetable Shortening
- 1 Tablespoon Peppermint Extract
- Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl, set it aside.
- In a large heavy sauce pan, combine the brown sugar, butter, and water over medium heat. Heat and stir until butter is melted and mixture is smooth. Remove from the heat; stir in chocolate chips to melt.
- Transfer the mixture in the sauce pan to a large bowl. Let stand for 10 minutes until slightly cooled. With a hand mixer on medium-high speed, add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture to chocolate mixture and beat on low speed until just blended. Do not over beat.
- Cover and refrigerate dough until somewhat firm to handle, about 2 hours, or in freezer for an hour.
- Roll the dough into generous 1-inch balls, the size of golf balls. Place them 3 inches apart on parchment lined baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees F for 11-13 minutes, until the edges are set and tops are crackled and puffy.
- While the cookies are cooling on the baking sheets, melt chocolate bark in a double boiler with a teaspoon of vegetable shortening. Once melted, add peppermint extract and mix to combine. Put melted chocolate in a Ziplock bag and drizzle it over the cookies, or use a tablespoon to drizzle. Let cookies stand 1-2 minutes before moving to wire racks and cool completely before serving.
- Make ahead tips:
- All of the dry and other ingredients can be measured and stored days ahead until you are ready to make the dough.
- The cookie dough can be made and formed into 1-inch balls. Cover well and refrigerate up to 3 days before baking.
allpurpose, baking soda, salt, brown sugar, butter, water, semisweet chocolate chips, eggs, weight chocolate, vegetable shortening
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/chocolate-chewies-with-chocolate-mint-glaze/ (may not work)