Chocolate Cookies with White Chocolate Chips

My favorite type of cookie is chocolate with white chocolate chips. I love the creamy texture and taste you get from the white chocolate chips. I’ve never made this type of cookie before so I thought it would be fun to bake them on a cold winter night. Since we were eating leftovers that night we had time to bake these. I asked Matt to help and he was really excited to participate. He mixed all the dry ingredients together and he helped to drop about 2 trays of cookies on the cookie sheet. It put us in the Christmas spirit :)

1 cup butter softened
1.5 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups flour
2/3 cup cocoa powder
¾ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
2 cups white chocolate chips
½ cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl mix together wet ingredients; butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla and beat until fluffy. In separate bowl combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients until well blended. Mix in the chocolate chips and walnuts. Drop by rounded spoonful onto cookie sheets. Bake 10 minutes at 350. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.