Thanks to Claudia of Fool for Food for selecting this week's recipe, the unbelievably chocolatey chocolate chunkers.
I have to be honest, given the amount of ingredients (chocolate chips, peanuts, raisins, etc) that were going into the cookies I was worried they were going to be too "full" to be tasty. I even considered omitting the peanuts or the raisins just to be on the safe side. Then I ended up giving in and the only change I made to the recipe was reducing the amount of peanuts to 1 cup.
The ultimate verdict was 2 thumbs up all around- even my Dad indulged and ate a bunch even though he has been very conscious about reducing the amount of sugar in his diet (maybe the cookies were too good then?) :-) I even liked the raisins and how the moistness played off of the crunchiness of the peanuts and the chips. Next time I'll cut back a little bit more on the peanuts but they definitely will be made again!
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I'm glad these turned out so well for you, despite your worries. They look wonderful.
it's always nice when you like something more than you think you will! i think i'd cut back on the peanuts next time, like you did. or else use pecans. the peanuts nearly overwhelmed the cookie - hard to imagine, with all that chocolate!
I'm glad you liked these so much. I tried almonds instead of peanuts. It was a good substitution.
I cut back on the nuts also (and cut back on some of the other add-ins) - I used madadamias which were not as assertive as peauts. These are good good cookies (I'm eating one from the freezer right now). Glad you - and your dad - liked them.
Nancy
Glad you liked them! There's so little dough holding these together, no harm in cutting back the add-ins -- you'll just get to taste more of the nice brownie-like dough!
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