Brownie cookies

          

Cookies and brownies in one! Could life get any better? This dough requires chilling the dough overnight, keep this in mind while planning your cookie baking.

Original recipe makes 2 dozen

Ingredients

3/4 cup vegetable oil
2 cups white sugar
2/3 cup cocoa powder
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar

Directions

  1. In a small mixing bowl combine flour and baking powder.
  2. Beat oil, sugar, and cocoa together in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs to oil and cocoa mixture one egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Mix in flour mixture. Fold in nuts if desired. Chill the dough overnight.
  3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheet.
  4. Roll dough into walnut-size balls and roll each ball in confectioners’ sugar.
  5. Bake cookies for 12 to 15 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 405 kcal
Carbohydrates: 55.4 g
Cholesterol: 70 mg
Fat: 19.4 g
Fiber: 2.3 g
Protein: 5.9 g
Sodium: 106 mg