Ooey Gooies

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 16 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate
• 10 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 6 eggs
• 3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 1/2 cups chopped walnuts, toasted
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• melt the pound of chocolate and the butter together in a saucepan.
• in another bowl, beat the eggs and the sugar together at high speed until the mixture becomes thick and lemon colored and falls in ribbons from the beaters, about 5 minutes.
• gently fold the melted chocolate-butter mixture into the egg mixture. in a separate bowl, sift the flour and baking powder together. sift half of this over the chocolate mixture; fold it in. repeat with the remaining flour mixture. fold in the nuts and the chips.
• cover the dough and chill for at least a few hours and as long as overnight.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• wet your hands and remove large (about 3 tablespoons worth) clumps of chilled dough and quickly roll them into balls. place the balls about 3 inches apart onto parchment lined sheets. bake for about 18-20 minutes. the cookie will still appear moist when removed from oven but will firm up when cooled. remove from oven and cool on sheet for about 10 minutes. remove to a rack to cool.