Dark Chocolate, Walnut and Golden Raisin Cookies
Written by joythebaker on June 13, 2009 – 3:58 pm -
Dear Girl (that sat next to me on the plane last night),
Hi. How are you? This is just a quick note to let you know that you sat on my glasses. I know that you know that you sat on my glasses. You did, after all, hand them back to me crazy mangled. I trust that you know what shape glasses generally assume.
I understand that there are two active parties in this tragedy. There’s the person that accidentally left her glasses in the middle seat next to her while she properly stowed her purse under the seat in from of her…. that’s me. There’s also the person that was in such a hurry to get into that second row middle seat, that didn’t let the girl with the glasses on the aisle properly acclimate before barging in… that’s you. So, you sat on my glasses.
My favorite part about you sitting on my glasses, was how you showed exactly zero remorse for the damage you caused. That was awesome. Hey… remember that part when I was very obviously trying to bend them back in shape in front of you? Yea… that was pretty fun too. That was me being passive aggressive. I bet that was your favorite part.
Oh well, they’re just glasses, right? Next time, I’ll watch where I put my glasses if you watch where you put your body. Deal?
Sincerely,
Joy
And now… dark chocolate cookies. Let’s do this.
I love big, soft, brownie-like cookies. These are them. Hot dang they’re satisfying. Get your hands on some good chocolate for these beauties. I used a Valrhona 70% chocolate. When it comes to mix-ins, I went for walnuts and golden raisins. Maybe you want to try dried cherries and white chocolate, or pecans and walnuts, or chocolate chunks and dried apricot. Dream it up and go nuts. Thanks for the Twitter inspiration on these Roberta!
Dark Chocolate, Walnut and Golden Raisin Cookies
adapted from King Arthur somewhere
8 ounces good quality bittersweet chocolate , 60%-72%(chopped or in chips)
3 Tablespoons (1 1/2 ounces) butter
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon espresso powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoons salt
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts
3/4 cup golden raisins
In a double boiler, or in the microwave, gently melt together the chocolate and butter. To avoid heating the chocolate too much and possibly burning it, the best method is to heat till the butter is melted and the chocolate has partially melted, then remove from the heat. Stir until all the chocolate melts.
In a separate bowl, beat together the sugar and eggs till they’re thoroughly combined. You don’t need a mixer, just do it in a medium sized bowl with a wooden spoon. Add the melted chocolate mixture, then stir in the remaining ingredients, including the chocolate chips, walnuts and raisins, if you’
re using them.
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly grease (or line with parchment) two baking sheets, three if you have them.
Drop the cookie dough by the tablespoonful (about the size of a small ping pong ball) onto the prepared baking sheets. A tablespoon cookie scoop makes this task extremely simple. Leave about 2? between the dough balls, as they’
ll spread as they bake.
Bake the cookies for 11 to 12 minutes, until their tops are shiny and cracked. They won’t crack until the very end, so keep a close eye on them; when they’re cracked all the way across the top surface, they’
re done. The point is, you want these baked all the way through, but just barely; additional baking makes them more crisp rather than chewy. Remove the cookies from the oven. Wait 5 minutes then transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool.
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Yum, yum, yum! Anything dark chocolate automatically makes my mouth water. And, I’m so sorry about your glasses. If it makes you feel any better, once on a red-eye from LA to NY, this woman sitting in front of me somehow spilled her coffee all over me and my laptop. Ugh….
I wish you could have slowly nibbled on many of those fudgy cookies right in front of the glasses breaking girl, then finished up the last cookie and licked your fingers with a sigh of satisfaction.
The raisins are an interesting addition. Definitely would not have thought to add those. But, sounds like it works! But the smushed glasses=not cool.
Sorry to hear about your glasses!! Once a lady spilled juice all over me at the beginning of a trans-Atlantic flight. She was not sorry either.
Can’t wait to try the cookies!
This reminds me of the girl who ran her shopping cart into the back of my flip-flop clad ankles last night. She barely noticed when I yelped and hopped away on one foot. Again, it was the rush that did it. The cashier lines were crazy full, and she was sprinting to the nearest line. Ouch!
Joy I’m so sorry about your glasses – how someone sits on a pair of them and doesn’t have any remorse I can’t understand! However, your retelling of it cracked me up! The cookies look delicious though.
Chocolate solves everything!
Big bummer. I’d say next time afier you bend them back into some kind of reasonable shape you hand them to her and ask how they work now.
As a fellow glasses wearer I feel your pain… it always happens that the nice pair get mangled while the rubbish pair you keep for emergencies stays pristine…
These cookies look yum, I love squidgy brownie style ones too!
Your aisle mate sounds like a real wiener. I’ve been saying for a few months now that I am losing faith that the number of nice people is dwindling.
On the other hand, there is you, who so kindly shared this recipe. I have been on a search for a great dark chocolate cookie. Some highlights: weird (no eggs!), good right away, then dry and crumbly, not enough chocolate flavor, etc. I tried these today and so far, these are the best! I have two of the KA baking books, but somehow missed this one, if it is in one of those. I used white and milk chocolate chips because I know my husband wouldn’t go for the fruit and nuts with his chocolate cookies. Thanks!
My condolences on the glasses. I was at a party in Feb. and walking through, some kid dancing like a moron whacked them off my face. Yep, wire frames, bent to hell. Took every ounce of willpower not to deck him right then and there. The fact that you did nothing… well, amazes me. At the very least I would’ve let an audible “you’ve got to be f**king kidding me…” escape!
Cookies look fantastic. I may try them with white chocolate chips for the raisins, or is that crazy?
Sorry to hear about the glasses–that really sucks–but why on earth would you put your glasses on someone else`s seat? No one wants to stand blocking the aisle in an airplane and I am sure she was busy arranging all her stuff too. Either leave your glasses on your face where they belong or put them in a hard case for protection. Seems like the fault is 99% on you. Had it be me in that situation, I would probably have given a brief apology but would not have felt particularly bad. Heck, I have sat on my OWN glasses before, and I put them there myself! It is really easy not to notice a small pair of glasses, especially if they are a typical black/grey/brown or even silver color. So I don`t particularly blame someone in a crowded, rushed environment, no doubt with lots of crap on her seat for not noticing a small pair of glasses that her seatmate inexplicably placed there!
The cookies do look delicious though.
These cookies looked so amazing I just had to make them, they’re fantastic! I used pecans, white and dark chocolate chips in mine. I think I’m going to have to give some to our neighbors before my husband and I eat them all! Keep up the great work!
I would like to request that next time you take a picture of the lovely lady who sat next to you on the plane so that the rest of us can kindly avoid her and her destructive tush.
Love reading your blog! Your story always make me laugh.
Nice recipe, great photos, and super funny XD
Your big fan in BKK
Made them! Yum!! The combo sort of reminds me of Cadbury Fruit & Nut bars. Except they’re wickedly rich because of all that dark chocolate. Mmmmm. They totally took care of my choco craving. Thanks Joy.
I think I know drives porn freaks now. Don’t ever stop baking!
They are like bite-size brownie heaven. Yum. I left out the espresso powder–I just didn’t have any (Could I have used ground coffee instead?) and the raisins (just don’t like cooked raisins). And I made half the batch without nuts for my step son who has a nut allergy. But they were AMAZING! Love your blog too. Thanks.
Wonder if Tana was the lady that sat on your glasses?
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I have a problem about this recipe, it seems that my cookies were a bit dry and i was wondering if you can help me with this?
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I tried the recipe, & its awesome! its the first time i made cookies so there was a bit of mess. I made my cookies a lot bigger than yours and i guess my cookies needed a lot more time to crack than expected. I waited 20 min (12 min required) but it still didnt crack, errrghh, its a bit soft. but ill try it again! since its so addictive !!
I made these and found them delicious. I sprinkled a little fleur de sel on top before baking. A little bigger cookie or less time in the oven needed to keep them moist. Easy to dry them out.
Oh, and they freeze beautifully. I’d just pop one into the microwave for 10 secs and yum!
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thanks for the recipe joy! you are such a sweetheart:)
hope your glasses are alright! that’s definitely not fun to have someone sit on them:( but that just gives you more reasons to get a new pair right:)?
hope you’re having an awesome great week:)