Fudge Drops

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips or 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons espresso powder (i didn't use) (optional)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees f.
• 2 melt the chocolate and butter together (double boiler or microwave). stir until well melted.
• 3 in a separate bowl, beat together the sugar and eggs until thoroughly combined. add the espresso powder (optional), vanilla, baking powder and salt, then stir into melted chocolate, mixing well.
• 4 stir in the flour. let the batter sit for at least 5 minutes to thicken; it should be the consistency of thick cake batter.
• 5 drop the cookie dough in round blobs onto a parchment-lined or greased baking sheet. leave about 2 inches in between dough balls (mine were never "balls" but more liquidy). you may place a nonpareil or kiss in the middle, if desired (i didn't).
• 6 bake for 10 to 12 minutes,until the tops are shiny and cracked. you want them to bake all the way through but just barely; additional baking time will make them cakey and not fudgy.
• 7 remove cookies from oven, wait 5 minutes and then transfer to wire rack to cool.