I’ve been using this recipe for years and I love it! So delicious and so easy to customize. First I tend to make it a bit darker, 1 1/4 cups sugar and 3/4 cup cocoa powder. I like my chocolate dark. Then there are so many possible additions! My kids favorite is the quadruple chocolate cookie. (Dark chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, and white chocolate chips in a chocolate cookie is 4 kinds of chocolate!) Or you can add peppermint extract and chopped Andes candy for the mint lovers. Or Reese’s pieces or mini peanut butter cups. Or a rolo in the center of each cookie for a caramel surprise. My favorite is caramel m&ms and crushed pretzel crips sprinkled with a little kosher salt for a salty, crunchy, caramel sensation! So many cookies, so little time!
I was looking for a way to use up some squash that was given to us. No one in our house likes squash, so it had to be undetectable and this fit the bill. I made a few minor adjustments, most notably substituting vanilla for the lemon (realized I didn't have any lemon when I was already in the process of making it). We all liked it, my eight year old loved it! I would have loved it with lemon, as it was, it was too bland.
I don't usually rate recipes, but since there were only two other reviews, I thought I'd pipe in. It was certainly worth making, but make sure you have the lemon!
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