Kristina's Chocolate Cookies

• 500 grams (17 oz) good quality chocolate
• 1 cube (4 oz) butter
• 4 eggs
• 1 ¾ Cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 ½ ounces of espresso or Kahlua
• 2 cups oatmeal
• ½ cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 ½ cups chocolate chips
• Optional: nuts

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees (300 if a convection oven). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler.
3. Melt the butter in a separate pan.
4. Beat the eggs until foamy. Add the sugar to the eggs and beat until the mixture becomes a velvety pale yellow.
5. Add first the melted butter, then the melted chocolate to the egg and sugar mixture. Next add the vanilla and the espresso or Kahlua.
6. Add the oatmeal and beat for at least 2 minutes to break the oats down a little.
7. Add the dry ingredients and mix well, then mix in the chocolate chips.
8. Using a small ice cream scoop or similar instrument, place evenly sized balls of cookie dough on the paper-lined baking sheets.
9. Bake until the tops just lose their shininess.

Good Luck!
Kristina, Cookie Maker to the gods, Wife, Welder, and Mother of five (boys!)