will's dirty thirty birthday cookies

 (aka chocolate cookies with white chocolate chips)

my friend and co-worker will recently turned thirty.  he loves sweets and requested something with white chocolate in it.  i thought chocolate cookies would be the perfect vehicle... it is dirty thirty after all!

start by adding flour, cocoa, baking soda, & salt to a medium bowl

mix well and set aside

next add butter and sugar to a large mixing bowl

beat until light and fluffy

add 2 eggs & 2 tsp vanilla extract

beat well

gradually add flour/cocoa mixture

beat until fully combined

add 10-12 oz white chocolate chips

stir in.

drop rounded teaspoons of dough onto ungreased cookie sheet.  bake 8-9 minutes

cool on cookie sheet for 2 min, then transfer to wire rack

will's dirty thirty birthday cookies (aka chocolate cookies with white chocolate chips)

ingredients.

2 cups flour

3/4 cup cocoa

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1-1/4 cups (2-1/2 sticks) butter, softened

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 pkg white chocolate chips (package sizes vary between 10-12 oz depending on the brand)

method.

preheat oven to 350

stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.  set aside.

in large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

add vanilla and eggs, beat well.

gradually add flour/cocoa mixture, beating until fully combined

stir in white chocolate chips

drop rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet

bake 8-9 minutes.  (will puff while baking, and flatten while cooling)

you know what else i noticed after i made these cookies?  the white chips kind of stand out the same way grey hairs do!  happy birthday will, you old geezer!