Ultimate Chocolate Dipped Cookies

My mother-in-law is an incredible baker! I fell in love with these cookies last year when she made them, and convinced her to give me her recipe to make for our Christmas cookies this year! If you love chocolate, you will LOVE these cookies. Trust me on this!

INGREDIENTS:

1 1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

1 12 oz. package plus 2 cups of semisweet chocolate chips

3/4 cup butter

1 1/2 cup brown sugar

3 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1/2 cup whipping cream

1 TBL granulated sugar

1 TBL butter

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 325. Stir together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

Combine the 12 ounce chocolate chips and 2 TBL of butter. Cook over low heat until melted, cool slightly. Note- be very careful to continue to stir and not burn the chocolate. A double boiler often works best.

Beat remaining butter, then add eggs one at a time. Beat in the melted chocolate, sugar and vanilla. Beat in flour mixture. Stir in one cup of chocolate chips. (You could use white chocolate chips for this step if you'd like)

Drop by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto ungreased cooking sheet. Bake in preheated over for 8-10 minutes or until edges are firm and surface is slightly cracked. Be careful not to over bake. Transfer to wire rack, cool. Dip each cookie into the Chocolate Ganache (recipe below). Place onto wax paper until set. Makes about six dozen.

Chocolate Ganache:

In saucepan, combine 1/2 cup whipping cream, 1 TBL butter, and 1 TBL granulated sugar. Bring just to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat. Place 1 cup semisweet chips in bowl. Pour hot cream mixture over chips, let stand for 5 minutes. Stir until smooth, cool until room temperature.