White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Our dear friends, the Coszas, brought us these cookies and Scott and I had a hard time saving some for the kids (we did save one for each child, don't ask how many we had each. ;D).  Karissa Cosza was kind enough to give us her recipe.  She is an amazing baker who attended pastry school.  I have a lot to learn from her.  I describe them as a hard chocolate cookie dough to compliment sweet white chocolate chips (or mint chips - see notes). Scott usually doesn't like white chocolate chips, but really loved these.  Enjoy!

Preheat oven 350.

1 C butter

3/4 C sugar

2/3 C brown sugar

1 t vanilla

2 eggs

2 1/4 C flour

2/3 C baking cocoa

1 t baking soda

1/4 t salt

2 C white chocolate chips (My preference 1 1/2 C)

Combine butter, sugar and brown sugar.  Add vanilla and eggs.  Add dry ingredients (flour, baking cocoa, baking soda, salt).  Stir in chocolate chips. Drop cookies on a cookie sheet and flatten before baking.

Bake at 350 for 9-11 minutes.  To make soft cookies, allow them to stay on the pan at least 2 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.  

Other variations:

• Chocolate Mint chip cookies: Instead of white chocolate chips, do 3/4 C semi-sweet chocolate chips and 3/4 C mint chips. (Tried and loved - Favorite)
• Chocolate peanut butter chip cookies: 3/4 C semi-sweet chocolate chips + 3/4 C peanut butter chips (Haven't tried yet - let me know if this works)  Update: Tried this combo and I enjoyed it.