Sunday, October 10, 2010

Pomegranate Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies


Ingredients

2 sticks unsalted butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup dark brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoon dark Meyers rum
2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup dark chocolate chips
1 cup pomegranate seeds

Method

Preheat oven to 375, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a big bowl, cream the softened butter and sugars. Add eggs, one at a time, and then add vanilla and rum.

In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Add dry ingredients to the butter/sugar/eggs. (Here's where I messed up and over-stirred it. When you over-stir cookies, they get a little puffy and not as maximally delicious as they could be. That's what you get for stress-baking, I suppose).

Add chocolate chips and pomegranate seeds, form into chocolate chip cookie-shapes (by rounded spoonful or otherwise), and bake for 11-13 minutes. Notice the inverse relationship between golden brown crunchy chewy cookies and stressful feelings.