Chocolate Wows

After one bite of these decadent cookies, you will understand why we call them “Wows.”

1⁄3 cup all-purpose flour

1⁄4 cup unsweetened cocoa

1 teaspoon baking powder

1⁄4 teaspoon salt

6 squares (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate, chopped

1⁄2 cup butter or margarine (1 stick)

2 large eggs

3⁄4 cup sugar

11⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 cups pecans (8 ounces), chopped

1 package (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips (1 cup)

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease two large cookie sheets. In small bowl, with wire whisk, stir flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt.
• In heavy 2-quart saucepan, melt chopped chocolate and butter over low heat, stirring frequently, until smooth. Remove from heat and cool.
• In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat eggs and sugar until light, about 2 minutes, frequently scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Reduce speed to low. Add cooled chocolate mixture, flour mixture, and vanilla; beat just until blended. Increase speed to medium; beat 2 minutes. Stir in pecans and chocolate chips.
• Drop batter by rounded teaspoons, 2 inches apart, on cookie sheets. With small metal spatula, spread batter into 2- inch rounds. Bake until tops are shiny and cracked, about 13 minutes, rotating cookie sheets between upper and lower oven racks halfway through baking. Cool 10 minutes on cookie sheet. With wide spatula, transfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
• Repeat with remaining batter.

Makes about 48 cookies.

Prep: 20 minutes

Bake: 13 minutes per batch