Cookie Exchange

When I heard that Melody at Kids, Cakes, Dishes, and Laundry...in that order was hosting a Bloggy Cookie Exchange, I just had to participate!

Grab an ice cold glass of milk and sample a few of my cookies that have the texture of a brownie but are in the form of a cookie.

SOFT AND CHEWY CHOCOLATE BITES

4 squares of unsweetened baking chocolate

3/4 cup butter

2 cups sugar

3 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

2 cups flour

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Microwave chocolate and butter in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 minutes or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Stir in sugar. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Add flour; mix well. Refrigerate 20 minutes or until dough is easy to handle.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place 2 inches apart on greased baking sheets.

Bake 9 minutes or just until set (do not overbake). Let stand on baking sheet 1 minute; transfer to wire racks and cool completely.

Makes about 5 dozen.

(Yummy option: Right after they come out of the oven, press one of the following onto each cookie~ a walnut half; a marshmallow half; coarsely chopped candy canes; a drizzle of melted semi-sweet baking chocolate.)