Milk Chocolate Cookies (and a Blogoversary)
My little corner of the internet turned 2 a couple of days ago. And the last year was particularly awesome. Among my most memorable moments are interviews with Daisy Martinez, Beth Lipton and Sarabeth Levine; my first pie crust; my first pie; and lots of savory baking.
In looking back on the last year’s posts I came to a couple of realizations. The first is more obvious – I’m a cookie lover as cookies make more appearances on A Chica Bakes than any other baked good. The second realization is a bit startling. It was originally brought to my attention by Ingrid a few weeks ago who said, despite my saying like…um…a million times that I don’t like chocolate, I may be a secret chocolate lover cuz I sure do blog about it a lot! But I’m not quite ready to say I’m a chocolate lover.
So I thought it would be appropriate to bring you all today a delicious chocolate cookie, milk chocolate cookie to be exact. It’s a delight to make, even better to eat and quite addictive. Mine baked up crunchy and were the perfect treat to satisfy that need for an afternoon sweet treat. When you make these for yourselves, make sure to chill the dough before baking them, as if you don’t you may end up with one whole cookie like I did the first time I made them.
Thank you sooooo much to all of you for your support the last couple of year. Blogging and interacting with you all has been a truly amazing experience and I look forward to baking and blogging away for the rest of the year.
And congrats to Katrina, the winner of my Tate’s giveaway 
Milk Chocolate Cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened dutch-process cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 ounces good-quality milk chocolate, 4 ounces coarsely chopped, 4 ounces cut into 1/4-inch chunks
1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extractDirections:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
Melt coarsely chopped chocolate with the butter in a small heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Transfer chocolate mixture to the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add sugar, eggs, and vanilla and mix on medium speed until combined. Reduce speed to low and gradually mix in flour mixture. Fold in chocolate chunks by hand with a rubber spatula. Chill the dough for a couple hours or overnight.
Scoop batter using a small ice cream scoop place them on a parchment lined baking sheet 2 inches apart and bake until cookies are flat and surfaces begin to crack, about 15 minutes. Transfer on parchment to wire racks. Let cool 5 minutes. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
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Jessica @ How Sweet — January 4, 2011 @ 11:39 am
Happy blogiversary! These cookies look delicious.
Rosa — January 4, 2011 @ 11:44 am
Happy Blogiversary! What gorgeous cookies. Irresistible!
Cheers,
Rosa
fooddreamer — January 4, 2011 @ 11:50 am
Happy blogoversary! These cookies do look delicious. You can’t really go wrong with cookies. Even chocolate ones!
Jeanine — January 4, 2011 @ 11:51 am
Happy Blogiversary!! Those cookies look oh-so-good! Wowsa!
Michelle — January 4, 2011 @ 12:00 pm
Congratulations! It seems that our little blogs must share similar bdays. : )
bakerstreet29 — January 4, 2011 @ 12:03 pm
Happy blogoversary! These cookies do look so yummmmmmmmy.
Brian @ A Thought For Food — January 4, 2011 @ 12:07 pm
WOO HOO! Congrats!!! And there’s no better way to start off the next year of your blog than with cookies!
Cristine — January 4, 2011 @ 12:15 pm
Happy blogiversary! And that cookie looks amazing!
Victoria (District Chocoholic) — January 4, 2011 @ 12:18 pm
Yum, my sweet tooth loves the use of melted milk chocolate in the dough. So does the dairy lover in me.
Tracy — January 4, 2011 @ 12:30 pm
Happy blogoversary! These cookies look like the perfect way to celebrate!
Megan — January 4, 2011 @ 12:37 pm
Happy Blogiversary! I wonder if I could get my fiance to eat these cookies… he doesn’t like chocolate as much as I do, but he does enjoy milk chocolate better than bittersweet… could be a good compromise.
Xiaolu @ 6 Bittersweets — January 4, 2011 @ 12:59 pm
Yes….come over to the dark side (well milk is fine too) ;p. Happy anniversary and here’s to another great year of blogging! Happy New Year
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Bianca @ Confessions of a Chocoholic — January 4, 2011 @ 1:17 pm
Congrats on 2 years of blogging! Love your blog and looking forward to more cookie (and chocolate??) recipes!
Amy — January 4, 2011 @ 1:26 pm
It seems like a lot of us started in January 2 years ago. Great minds…Can’t think of a better way to celebrate a blogiversary than with cookies. Good call! Looking forward to another year with you and your sweet tooth.
Bonnie — January 4, 2011 @ 2:17 pm
I love milk chocolate. I know it isn’t politically correct in a dietary way but I like it ever so much better than bittersweet. Your recipe will definitely find it’s way into my cookie jar!
Congratulations on two years of delicious blogging.
Best,
Bonnie
Jennifurla — January 4, 2011 @ 2:25 pm
Happy 2 years, there is nothing wrong with being a choco lover. I do prefer it in the raw though
Sara — January 4, 2011 @ 4:36 pm
Happy Blogiveresary!!! gorgeous looking cookies, I want some right now!
Amy (Sing For Your Supper) — January 4, 2011 @ 5:42 pm
HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY!!! Can’t wait for another fantastic year!!
Katrina — January 4, 2011 @ 7:59 pm
Happy Blogiversary!! I adore your blog, and these cookies are an awesome idea for a celebration! Also I WON THE GIVEAWAY!! Hurray!!!
A Plum By Any Other Name — January 4, 2011 @ 8:11 pm
Congrats about turning 2! What an accomplishment!
Don’t feel too badly about the whole chocolate thing. I used to say the same thing about ice cream. It wasn’t until someone else pointed out my frequent trips to the local ice cream shop that I realized I had a problem. (A tasty problem.)
Barbara Bakes — January 4, 2011 @ 8:36 pm
I can understand how a person could grow to love chocolate, especially with these delicious treats sitting around. Congratulations on your blogiversary!
nikki — January 4, 2011 @ 9:43 pm
happy happy blogoversary!!!!! so glad you like these cookies, they are still my favorite. happy new year!
Amy @ Serve At Once — January 4, 2011 @ 11:32 pm
Happy Blogoversary! You have one of the most aesthetically pleasing blogs around–aside from the awesome content.
That being said, these cookies are pantry-friendly. Which means they’re deadly.
Oh well. There are worse ways to die, I guess.
Donna — January 5, 2011 @ 6:33 am
These look absolutely delicious.. milk chocolate is my fave type of chococlate.. ..
Jackie — January 5, 2011 @ 8:14 am
Happy Blogoversary!!! Looking forward to reading about your posted recipes, learning from your experiences, deepening our virtual friendship and sharing a laugh here and there..
Happy New Year.
Jackie
Barney A. Bishop — January 5, 2011 @ 10:43 am
Happy birthday to A Chica Bakes. Lord knows I long to escape when you’re baking for fear of how you react when things don’t come out the oven the way you want them to but I have enjoyed seeing how much joy this blog brings you. Keep up the good work.
-”The Hubs”
Spike — January 5, 2011 @ 11:44 am
happy anniversary! you have a great blog
Stephanie — January 5, 2011 @ 8:49 pm
Happy blog birthday! Here’s to many more years!
Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction — January 5, 2011 @ 8:53 pm
Congrats on 2 great years of blogging! Love the cookies
JennyBakes — January 5, 2011 @ 8:55 pm
Happy blogiversary! I’ve been following you for a year at least, and always enjoy your posts!
Evan Thomas — January 5, 2011 @ 8:55 pm
Happy blogiversary!
5 Star Foodie — January 5, 2011 @ 11:20 pm
The cookies look lovely and huge congrats on your second blogoversary!!!
Mary — January 6, 2011 @ 10:26 am
I’m so glad I stopped by today. I would have hated to miss your anniversary. I hope to be reading your features for years to come. The cookies sound wonderful. I love milk chocolate so your recipe has moved to the front of my baking queue. Have a wonderful day. Blessings…Mary
bIZ — January 6, 2011 @ 10:31 am
Congrats on 2 years! While I am more of a cook than a baker, I love drooling all your delicious baked goods – looking forward to seeing what you make in 2011!
Emily — January 6, 2011 @ 11:11 am
Happy blogiversary!! Congratulations!
These cookies look amazing. They’re so perfect looking!
dinners & dreams — January 6, 2011 @ 9:24 pm
Happy blog anniversary. Wonderful cookies to celebrate with!
Nisrine
Hungry Sofia — January 7, 2011 @ 7:54 am
Happy Blogiversary!
hannah @Bake5! — January 8, 2011 @ 9:21 am
I’ve made these before and whoa they were evil geniuses packed in a cookie form. yours look really awesome, makes me wanna reach my hand in thro the screen. sounds impossible but i like to think otherwise
ingrid — January 8, 2011 @ 9:36 pm
LOL, I want you to know that when I show that top photo I was like WHAT??? Another chocolate recipe? I thought we had a vanilla connection? lol I still luv ya even when there’s chocolate!
Happy Blogiversary! I’m looking forward to another delicious year.
~ingrid
Kerstin — January 10, 2011 @ 12:05 am
Oh, these look really good – yum! And Happy Blogiversary
Katrina — January 14, 2011 @ 8:50 pm
Dang, I saw my name there are the winner and thought maybe I’d missed it. Whatever that there is more than one Katrina.
jk
Happy Belated 2 Years of blogging and many more to you. Those cookies look de-lish!
jenn manzetti — January 21, 2011 @ 12:17 pm
Happy Blogoviversary to youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu PIC!
Cookie — February 22, 2011 @ 1:16 pm
These look so perfectly crispy on the outside! Can’t wait to try! Happy Blogaversary!