Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 8 ounces white chocolate chips
• 4 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. 1

   Over a pot filled with 2-inches of simmering water, place a metal or glass bowl and add butter. Stir until melted halfway and add white chocolate chips. Stir until just melted and remove from heat (don’t worry if it separates); set aside.

2. 2

   Whip eggs with sugar and vanilla with electric beaters or in a mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, until pale and thick, about 5 minutes.

3. 3

   In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.

4. 4

   Whisk melted chocolate into egg mixture until incorporated. Whisk in flour mixture and stir in semisweet chocolate chips. Cover batter with plastic and chill for at least 4 hours before baking.

5. 5

   Preheat oven to 325°F Spoon cookie dough by tablespoonfuls (or teaspoonfuls for dainty cookies) and roll gently to shape into a ball and place on a parchment-lined or greased cookie sheet, leaving 2-inches between cookies.

6. 6

   Bake for 18-20 minutes. To test doneness, lift a cookie off the tray – if it comes off cleanly, then cookies are done.

7. 7

   For reverse double chocolate chip cookies:.

8. 8

   Prepare the same recipe as above, except replace 8 ounces of white chocolate with 10 ounces of bittersweet chocolate and increase sugar to 1 1/2 cups. Prepare remaining recipe as above and enjoy!