Ian's Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (or white chocolate chips or peanut butter chips)

Method

• Preheat oven to 375° F; line as many cookie sheets as needed.
• Mix together the flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder in a separate bowl and set aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar, then add the egg and vanilla. Continue to mix until blended.
• Add the dry ingredients alternately with the milk, mixing well each time. Stir in the chips being used.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet and bake for 10 to 12 minutes until almost set.
• Cool 1 minute on sheet, then cool completely on wire rack.

Notes

This recipe originally comes from the Hershey's Chocolate Treasury cookbook, released in 1984 and kept in first my mom's family growing up, then ours. The original recipe uses chocolate chips, but my brother (who is the main one to bake these) has taken a liking to using a different chip in order to prevent the cookies from having an overwhelming chocolate flavour. I myself am partial to adding white chocolate chips.