Chocolate Malted Whopper Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup instant malted milk powder (Ovaltine etc)
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 11 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature (1 stick with 3 extra tbs)
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup whole milk
• 2 cups malted milk balls, coarsely chopped (I use Whoppers, 6 oz in total)
• 1 cup chocolate chips or semisweet chocolate chunk

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350.

2. 2

   Sift together flour, malted milk powder, cocoa, baking powder and salt set aside.

3. 3

   Beat the butter and sugar together on medium speed for 3 minutes, until very smooth.

4. 4

   Add the eggs one at a time, beating for a minute after each one.

5. 5

   Beat in the vanilla.

6. 6

   Reduce mixer to low add 1/2 of the dry ingredients and mix well.

7. 7

   Pour in the milk & mix.

8. 8

   Add the rest of the dry ingredients and mix well.

9. 9

   **The batter will look more like frosting than cookie dough.**.

10. 10

    Put mixer on low or mix by hand the malt balls and the chocolate chips/chunks or whatever you are using. I prefer doing this by hand.

11. 11

    Drop by rounded teaspoons 2" apart.

12. 12

    Bake for 11-13 minutes, when cookies are done they will be puffed and slightly soft to the touch.

13. 13

    Let cool for 2 minutes then place on cooling rack.

14. 14

    Cookies freeze well up to 2 months.

15. 15

    Enjoy!