Biggie Chocoholic Cookies

When I get a new cookbook, I read it like it is a novel. I devour every recipe, photo, and cooking tidbit offered by the author. Every once in a while, it is time to branch out and actually read a novel. The novels that I pick are about food and usually include recipes. Some of my favorite foodie reads include A Year in Provence, Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table, and Comfort Food.

One of the first fiction foodie authors I discovered was Diane Mott Davidson and her series of mysteries about a caterer named Goldy Schultz. I loved reading the descriptions of the food the heroine prepared and the lavish parties she catered. The novels are interspersed with numerous recipes and a favorite of mine appeared in Davidson's novel The Main Corpse.


Chocoholic Cookies are double chocolate cookies loaded with chocolate chips and oatmeal. I have made a few changes over the years and have come up with a family favorite cookie. Nothing is better than a good book and a great cookie.

Biggie Chocoholic Cookies
adapted from a recipe in Diane Mott Davidson's mystery novel The Main Corpse.

makes about 24 - 3 inch cookies

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups rolled oats
2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
1 cup Hersey's Bits O' Brickle Toffee Bits

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.

In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugars until creamy. Add flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa mixing until thoroughly combined. The batter will be stiff. Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each one. Add vanilla extract and mix well. Add oats, chocolate chips and toffee bits and mix until combined.

Using a 2-inch scoop, drop batter about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Bake for 11 - 12 minutes. The cookies will still be slightly soft in the middle. Let cool on pan for 2 minutes then remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Enjoy with your favorite book.