Baking Tuesday: Chocolate Chocolate Cookies

Last night I raced home from work and got right making my cookie dough- it needed a two hour chill before baking! I've had trouble with the scones and graham nuts so far from this book, but the cookie recipes? The cookie recipes are divine. The whole-wheat chocolate chip cookies a few weeks ago turned out so beautifully that I'm motivated to follow Boyce's instructions to a T. This means when she says "put the eggs and sugar in the mixer and mix on high for three minutes" I set a timer. Otherwise I wouldn't mix the eggs and sugar for that long, but I think it gave a lot of structure to this cookie dough. And I love that she makes big cookies- like the size of my hand cookies.

The Chocolate Chocolate Cookies live up to their name- they have an entire pound of bittersweet chocolate in them. They're from the Spelt chapter in Good to the Grain. I went to Whole Foods yesterday (armed with an anniversary gift card from Brian!!) for spelt flour and chocolate. Thankfully they've got spelt flour in the bulk section which saved me from buying a five pound bag. Frankly, I have no idea what the spelt flour changes in these cookies- I'd have to try them with whole-wheat or AP Flour to see.

You roll the dough in cocao nibs, so I'd be tempted to call this a triple chocolate cookie. They add a fantastic crunch.

Following instructions, letting the cookies cool on the parchment. Can I buy stock in parchment paper? I should.

Pregnant lady "snack."