Goo Cookies

In Raleigh, a great restaurant called Hereghty makes a Chocolate Gooey Cookie. People go there just for a little chocolate fix!

Here is a recipe that tastes almost like the one from Hereghty!

Goo Cookies... Makes 30

1/2 cup cake flour, plus 2 Tablespoons
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
2 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
4 Tablespoons butter
1 3/4 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
1 Tablespoon vanilla
8 1.4 ounce heath bars, chopped into 1/4 inch strips
2 cups hazelnuts, skin on or off

Preheat the oven to 350*F. Sift together cake flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.

Over a double broiler, melt chocolate chips and butter, stirring with a spatula and being careful not to overheat. Cool to lukewarm.

In the bowl of a stand mixer with a whisk attachment, whisk brown sugar and eggs on high speed for 5 minutes. Add vanilla and whisk 5 more minutes. Add chocolate chip mixture and whisk 5 minutes. Very important: keep the motor running on high speed for the 15 consecutive minutes it takes to do these 3 steps. No Stopping!

Turn the motor off and quickly add the sifted ingredients. Mix on low speed until just incorporated, then fold in heath bars and hazelnuts.

Using a 1-ounce ice cream scoop, scoop and level dough, then place about 4 inches apart on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Let cookies rest 15 minutes before baking. Bake for 8 minutes, remove from oven, and let cool completely before storing. These cookies are insanely good- but very gooey-- when they are hot. Store flat, in layers, with parchment papers in between.