Chewy Chocolate Cookies

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2009, America's Test Kitchen TV

"Death-by-chocolate" cookies usually claim texture as their first victim—but not ours.

SERVES Makes 16 cookies

TIME 1 hour, plus 20 minutes cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted an exceptionally rich chocolate cookie recipe with a sturdy, not crumbly, texture. The fat in melted chocolate made our dough too soft, so we replaced the chocolate with cocoa powder. Eliminating egg yolks further improved the str...

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