Busters Recipes

Chocolate Rads

1 pound Bittersweet(not unsweetened) -- chocolate -- chopped
Or semisweet chocolate
1/2 cup Cake flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 3/4 cups Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Salt
4 large Eggs
2 1/3 cups Semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup unsalted butter -- (1/2 stick) -- melted -- (about 14 oz.)
1 cup Chopped walnuts -- toasted
1 tablespoon Vanilla extract -- (about 4 oz.)
1 teaspoon Instant espresso powder or instant coffee powder

Melt 1 pound chocolate in top of double boiler over simmering water,
stirring until smooth. Remove from heat. Using electric mixer, beat
sugar and eggs in large bowl until pale yellow and thick, about 5
minutes. Beat in melted chocolate, melted butter, vanilla and espresso
powder. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into small bowl. Stir dry
ingredients into chocolate mixture. Mix in chocolate chips and nuts.
Refrigerate mixture until firm, about 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350
degrees. Line 2 large cookie sheets with parchment paper. Drop batter
by 1/2 cupfuls onto prepared cookie sheets, spacing evenly. Press with
moist fingertips to form 3 1/2 to 4 inch rounds. Bake cookies until
tops become dry and crack, about 16 minutes. Cool cookies on
parchment. Remove from parchment. Cover and store in airtight
container at room temperature.