Chocolate cookies

Why do we love chocolate cookies so much? Moreover, it is with pieces, and not just chocolate dough? Perhaps it's because of the more interesting texture of the baked goods. Or in a peculiar taste: the pieces of chocolate turn cookies into an exquisite delicacy. And how little fidgets will be happy to find them! In general, it is definitely worth cooking cookies with chocolate, especially since even an inexperienced chef can easily cope with this matter. Well, you can always find a reason for such an undertaking, whether it is a visit of guests, a children's birthday or just a cozy tea party with your family.

Ingredients

• 200 g dark (more than 60% cocoa) chocolate
• 1.5 cups of flour and small oatmeal
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 70 g butter + more for lubrication
• 1 vanilla pod
• 1 tbsp. l. grated orange peel
• 1 tsp baking powder
• a pinch of sea salt

Directions

1. Make a chocolate chip cookie dough. Mash soft butter with sugar until white. Add eggs one at a time, whisking thoroughly each time. Cut the vanilla pod in half lengthwise, scrape out the seeds with a knife, add to the butter mass along with the orange peel, stir.
2. Chop about half of the chocolate very finely, chop the rest into 7-9 mm pieces. Sift flour with baking powder and salt, add to the oil mixture, mix well.
3. Add the oatmeal gradually, stirring thoroughly. Pour in finely chopped chocolate first, stir, but not too vigorously, then large pieces - and stir again. The dough should crumble a little, but not stick to your hands.
4. If the cookie dough sticks too much to your hands, add a little flour to it. Roll the dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
5. Grease a large baking sheet or line with oiled parchment. Divide the dough into dried apricot-sized balls. Place them on a baking sheet 4 cm apart and flatten slightly.
6. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C on the middle shelf until the aroma of vanilla and chocolate appears and the edges just start to brown, 10-12 minutes. Remove the cookies from the oven while they are still soft. Cool on a baking sheet.