Cafe Quality Chocolate Cookie Base

This weekend I was in search of the best chocolate cookie base recipe that I could add my beloved reese's peanut butter chips to. Chocolate base cookies are always tricky and up until now all the cookie bases I've tried are either too crunchy, too cake-y, or just didn't taste all that great. This recipe is the perfect harmony between a chewy and crisp cookie. The edges have just enough crispness and the inside is just chewy enough that you don't get cookie crumbs all over your face when you dig in.

Chocolate Cookie Base

*Add in your favorite nuts, chocolate, or maybe even peanut chips to this base!

Ingredients

1 cup of butter, softened
1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 cups of all-purpose flour
2/3 cup of cocoa powder
1 tsp of baking soda
1 tsp of salt

Directions

1. Cream together the butter and the sugar. Add in the eggs on at a time.
2. Sift together the rest of the ingredients. Stir into the butter mixture until combined.
3. Fold in any desired add-ins.
4. Drop by the spoonful onto a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.

* It is very important to leave these cookies to cool on the cookie tray after you take them out for about ten minutes! Do not touch them, they will break if you do not let them rest*

A chocolate-y evening yum! :D