Death-by-Chocolate Cookies

* Reader's Digest

Two kinds of chocolate and crunchy nuts should satisfy your sweet tooth.

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Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 9 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, cut up
• 3 large eggs

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped pecans
• 6 ounces white chocolate, coarsely chopped

How to make it 

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  Preheat the oven to 325°F. Butter four cookie sheets.
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  Sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. Melt the semisweet chocolate and butter in a double boiler over barely simmering water. Beat the eggs and granulated and brown sugars in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until creamy. Beat in the chocolate mixture and vanilla. Mix in the dry ingredients, chocolate chips, pecans, and white chocolate.
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  Drop tablespoons of the dough 4 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets. Use the bottom of a glass to flatten the cookies slightly. Bake, one sheet at a time, for 8-10 minutes, or until cracked on top. Transfer to racks to cool. Yield 24 cookies.