Chocolate cookies

INGREDIENTS:

• 85 g semisweet chocolate chips
• 70 g unsalted butter
• 1 egg
• 5 ml vanilla extract
• 65 g white sugar
• 30 g all-purpose flour
• 2 g baking powder
• 10 g unsweetened cocoa powder, preferably Dutch-process
• 1 g salt
• 40 g chopped walnuts
• 55 g semisweet chocolate chips
• 55 g raisins

Directions:

1. In a microwave-safe bowl, combine 1/2 cup of chocolate chips and butter. Heat for 1 minute at full power, stir and then continue to heat at 20 second intervals, stirring between each until chocolate has melted. Set aside to cool slightly.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, vanilla and sugar briskly until thick and pale, this may take a few minutes. Stir in the chocolate mixture. Combine the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt; whisk into the batter just until blended. Fold in the nuts, remaining chocolate chips and raisins. Cover and chill dough for 1 hour.
3. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper or grease lightly. Scoop out heaping tablespoonfuls of dough and roll them into balls. Place them 2 inches apart on the baking sheets and flatten slightly.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until slightly puffed and just set, 13 to 15 minutes. Set the baking sheet on a cooling rack to cool. Cookies will firm up as they cool.