Chewy Chocolate Cookies

Name: Chewy Chocolate Cookies
Yield: Makes 16 cookies
Ingredients: 1/3 cup, granulated sugar (about 2 1/3 ounces/66 grams), plus 1/2 cup for coating; 1 1/2 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour (7 1/2 ounces/213 grams); 3/4 cup, Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 3/8 teaspoon, table salt; 1/2 cup, dark corn syrup (see note); 1 large, egg white; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks), unsalted butter, softened (70 degrees); 1/3 cup, packed dark brown sugar (about 2 1/3 ounces; 66 grams, see note); 4 ounces (113 grams), bittersweet chocolate, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces (see note)

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate
Cookies
Holiday

Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2009, America's Test Kitchen TV

"Death-by-chocolate" cookies usually claim texture as their first victim—but not ours.

SERVES Makes 16 cookies

TIME 1 hour, plus 20 minutes cooling

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