Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

To say that my dear friend, also named Amy, loves chocolate would be an understatement. When we were younger we used to eat chocolate chips right out of the bag as a snack, and when we got older I don't think we baked anything that didn't have chocolate in it (the highlight of our culinary adventures was when we made a hybrid chocolate brownie/chocolate chip cookie concoction). Amy loves chocolate so much that her Bat Mitzvah party theme was chocolate - and my gift to her was, appropriately, her name spelled out in chocolate letters. Amy's birthday is in a few days, so in her honor I made chocolate chocolate chip cookies.

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 oz. baking chocolate
1/4 cup canola oil
1/2 cup white sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 cup flour
2 Tbls. dark cocoa powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp Ener-G Egg Replacer
2 Tbls. warm water
1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/3 cup chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 350 F. In a medium sized bowl melt the baking chocolate. Stir in the oil and sugars.

In a large bowl combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.

In a small bowl combine the Ener-G Egg Replacer and water.

Add the chocolate/oil/sugar combination as well as the "egg" to the dry ingredients. Add in the applesauce and vanilla and stir until combined. Then stir in the chocolate chips.

Drop heaping tablespoons of batter onto prepared baking pans and bake for 18 minutes.

Happy birthday, Amy!