Chocolate Quakes Recipes

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE SNOWQUAKES

Steps:

• Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt.
• Cream butter until fluffy.
• Add brown sugar and white sugar to creamed butter, beating well; beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Beat flour mixture into butter mixture until a soft dough forms.
• Stir in chocolate chips; cover with plastic wrap and chill 1 hour.
• Shape 1 T dough into ball and roll in powdered sugar, repeating with each cookie.
• Bake cookies (on pan lined with parchment paper) at 350° for 10 minutes, and remove to rack to cool.

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE SNOWQUAKES

Steps:

• Mix flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and set aside.
• Cream the butter until it's smooth in a large bowl with an electric mixer, on medium speed(sometimes I'm just too lazy to get out my mixer and do this by hand).
• Add the brown and white sugars and beat until well mixed. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well . Reduce speed to medium low, add the flour mixture to the egg mixture, and mix until a soft dough forms(again, I usually do this by hand).
• Add chocolates and mix well. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and chill for about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350* F.
• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside(Sometimes I just spray generously with cooking spray when I don't have parchment paper).
• Place the confectioners' sugar in a bowl. Keeping dough well chilled, form 1 tablespoon of dough into a ball. Roll the ball in the confectioners' sugar to coat generously(don't shake off excess sugar).
• Place balls 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Bake cookies 10-12 minutes or until they have puffed up and cracked and are slightly firm to the touch.
• Move the cookies to a wire rack and let cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week. Enjoy!

CHOCOLATE QUAKES

Steps:

• In medium bowl with electric mixer, beat butter, sugar, egg and vanilla on low speed until pale yellow in color and thickened, about 1 minute.
• Sift cocoa, flour, baking powder and salt into the bowl and mix on low until incorporated.
• Fold in nuts and chocolate chips.
• Cover and chill until dough is firm enough to handle, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Place confectioner's sugar in a medium bowl.
• Form chilled dough into 1-inch balls.
• Roll in confectioners' sugar to coat completely.
• Place on baking sheet about 1-1/2 inches apart.
• Bake 12 minutes, or until cookies are puffed up and surfaces have cracked apart.
• (The center will still appear underdone).
• Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE EARTHQUAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt chocolate and butter over low heat in a heavy saucepan until chocolate is almost melted, stirring frequently.
• Remove from heat and let chocolate finish melting, then cool.
• In a large bowl, whisk eggs until well beaten.
• Whisk in sugar, vanilla, and melted chocolate mixture.
• Add flour, baking powder and salt, and whisk until smooth.
• Chill the mixture until firm, at least 2 hours, and up to 24 hours.
• When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Lightly butter one or two baking sheets.
• Place powdered sugar in a small bowl.
• Using about a teaspoon of the cookie dough, roll it between your palms to shape into a ball.
• Roll the ball in powdered sugar to coat, then place on baking sheet, you should be able to get a dozen on a sheet.
• Bake for 12 minutes, switching placement of baking sheets at half point if you are baking 2 sheets at once.
• Cool slightly before removing to wire rack to finish cooling.

NO-BAKE CHOCOLATE QUICKIES

Steps:

• In a saucepan add butter, sugar, cocoa and milk.
• Bring to boil, stirring constantly. After 3 minutes remove from heat.
• Stir in vanilla and oats.
• Drop by spoonful onto wax paper.
• Let sit till firm, or eat immediately!