Recipe courtesy of the book Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 3/4 cup butter
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Directions:

Do not preheat the oven. Dough must chill before baking.

Melt chocolate chips with butter. (Microwave on high power for 2 minutes, then stir until smooth). Mix in the sugar. Allow to cool. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in vanilla, baking powder and salt. Add the flour & mix well. Chill dough for at least 4 hours (overnight is even better).

Preheat oven to 350 F with rack in middle position.

Roll walnut-sized dough balls with you hands. Drop the balls into the bowl of powdered sugar & roll them around until they are covered. If dough gets too warm, stick it back into the fridge until you can handle it again.

Place the balls on a cookie sheet (12 to a standard sheet works best). Do not flatten – they will flatten as they bake.
Bake at 350 F for 12-14 minutes. Let them cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes and then remove to a wire rack to finish cooling. Makes 5-6 dozen.

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