This is one of those recipes that is famous within the family.  No one can make these as good as my sister-in-law Leslie.  So why try?

I have grown up eating a dessert almost every day of my life.  My Mom was a wonderful baker and my wife is an awesome baker.  I am a lucky guy.  Now I have a little battle with age and a waistline that I have to watch – bummer!  All that means is that I don’t have a dessert every day anymore.  A small concession.

Giving a little preview of the result, the responses were pretty darn favorable.  I used a mixer to make these.  I was told, after the fact, that Leslie mixes these by hand.  You have to be strong to do that.  Bottom line is if you have a great recipe, the result is destined to be good.

Recipe
Leslie’s Chocolate Cookies:
Ingredients:

• 2 sticks of butter, room temperature
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 3 cups flour
• 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 12 oz bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 3 small heath bars cut in 1/3’s (I stuffed some of the cookies with these bars)

Bake for 8 – 10 minutes at 350 degrees.  The cookies are done when the edges brown and the cookie is just turning brown.

Let cool for 10 – 15 minutes after the cookies come out of the oven, then move to a cooling rack.  Enjoy!