Chocolate Emergency Cookies With Vanilla Icing

Total Time: 54 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 9 mins

Ingredients

• 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, broken into large pieces
• 8 tablespoons butter, softened and divided
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/3 cup unsweetened dutch cocoa
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 in the top of a double boiler, melt the chips, chopped up chocolate and 4 tbsp butter. when melted, set aside to cool.
• 2 sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. set aside.
• 3 in a large mixing bowl, beat the remaining 4 tbsp of butter in with both sugars. when mixed, add eggs abd vanilla. mix in the slightly cooled chocolate mixture, until just combined.
• 4 stir in flour mixture, mixing only until completely combined.
• 5 cover bowl with plastic wrap and refegerate for.
• 6 25 minutes.
• 7 preheat oven to 350ºf grease the cookie sheets.
• 8 using a heaping tablespoon measure, scoop out enough for 12 cookies on a sheet.
• 9 bake one sheet at a time for @ 9 to 11 minutes.do not overbake, the cookies will firm up when they have cooled.
• 10 allow cookie to cool for a minute before moving them off the cookie sheet. when cool, frost with vanilla icing.
• 11 vanilla icing-.
• 12 beat the butter until creamy.
• 13 gradually add the cream vanilla, and confectioners sugar and beat well.
• 14 if necessary, add more confectioners sugar. the icing should be fairly stiff, not soupy.
• 15 spread a thick layer on each cookie.