I'm not going to lie, these cookies gave me a run for my money. Literally. I had leftover chocolate from my holiday bark - the kind of chocolate that is expensive - and I had leftover pecans and apricots and golden raisins. Not cheap ingredients!! So when I was flipping through my new baking book, From My Home to Yours, I found a recipe that incorporated all those lovely pricey ingredients: chocolate chunkers. Excellent I thought.
But not so quite. Batch 1 burned!! Batch 2 was soggy!! And then I gave up. Sulking on the couch after turning off the oven, I remembered the recipe said to refrigerate the cookies if they were too gooey inside. Well, what if my entire cookie was gooey?!! I put batch 2 in the fridge for 15 minutes then took one out and took a bite. Heaven. It worked! Back on went the oven and I happily made the rest - - though more time consuming since I had to put them in the fridge to solidify and had to cool off the baking sheet in between batches.
Anyway, long story short - these cookies are good, but could turn complicated. If you bake them and find yourself frustrated, just use the fridge after ten minutes of baking (do not bake longer thinking that the cookies will actually cook better - it won't, it'll just burn). I promise these will be amazing and impressive to anyone you offer them to. Anyone who loves chocolate will fall in love with these. The raisins and apricots (I used both instead of just one) really make this recipe!
You can find the recipe here. Good luck! And enjoy!
