HALF AND HALFS

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I came up with this recipe when I couldn't decide whether I wanted chocolate chip or double chip cookies so I came up with a way to have both! These cookies are half plain chocolate chip and half chocolate chocolate chip.

Provided by Lindsay

Categories Desserts Cookies Drop Cookie Recipes

Time 1h30m

Yield 36

Number Of Ingredients 19

Ingredients

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
1 pinch salt
½ cup butter, softened
¼ cup white sugar
½ cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
salt
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
½ cup butter, softened
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk chocolate chips

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
In a medium bowl, cream together 1/2 cup butter with 1/4 cup white sugar and 1/2 cup brown sugar. Beat in 1 egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Combine 1 1/2 cups flour with 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and a pinch of salt, stir into the creamed mixture until well blended. Fold in the chocolate chips.
In another medium bowl, cream together 1/2 cup butter with 1/2 cup white sugar and 1/2 cup brown sugar. Beat in 1 egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Combine 1 1/2 cups flour with 1/4 cup cocoa, 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and a pinch of salt, stir into the creamed mixture until well blended. Fold in the chocolate chips. Scoop a small amount of each dough onto a large spoon, drop cookies 2 inches apart onto an unprepared cookie sheet.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 178.6 calories, Carbohydrate 24 g, Cholesterol 26.8 mg, Fat 8.4 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 2.3 g, SaturatedFat 4.9 g, Sodium 66.9 mg, Sugar 15 g