Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies

Justin and I used to do a long distance relationship thing. Hell, we did it for 2.5 years or so, and in that two year LDR thing, we used to send each other care packages. I would always bake him cookies, and he would always send me stuff like jelly belly jelly beans and Magic the Gathering booster packs. Occasionally, Justin would send me cookies that he made from a mix. I always made mine from scratch.

I sent Justin triple chocolate chip cookies, as a part of one of my first ever packages to him. He remembers these triple chocolate chip cookies in detail and cites them as his favorite cookies ever.

It's been about a year since we got engaged, so to commemorate that.... I attempted to make him... you guessed it... TRIPLE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES. It's not the same recipe that I used back then since that hard drive has gone to the point of no return, but I think they taste just as good.

So... HAPPY ONE YEAR SINCE WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED, and 248 days left till our wedding :)

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups flour.

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa

1 cup butter 

[or eight tablespoons, if that's easier to measure. It's typically two sticks]

3/4 cup sugar

2/3 cup brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs or egg substituite

1 cup of milk chocolate chips

1 cup of dark chocolate chips

[or even white chocolate chips if that's your thing]

1 1/2 tsp espresso powder

1.   Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Cream butter and sugars

3. Stir in vanilla and add the eggs one at a time

4. Mix in flour, baking soda, salt, cocoa, and espresso powder.

5. Stir in the dark and milk chocolate chips.

6. Drop by teaspoon onto the cookie sheets

[NOTE: this recipe makes about 2 dozen cookies, so if you want less than they, cut the recipe in half.]

7.  Cook for 11 minutes.

Let the cookies cool for about ten minutes or so before removing them from the cookie sheets, or they'll fall apart. Of course, I like them all gooey and stuff, so I taste tasted them before they cooled... THEY'RE LIKE MELTED BROWNIE BATTER IN COOKIE FORM. YUM.

Then Enjoy :)