Sometimes the best recipes come from the need to use up leftovers before they go bad. And that, my dear readers, is not a bad thing. Many of the surprise treats my hubby has whipped up have started this way so it is a practice I would never, ever discourage. 
That is how the recipe for Scrumptious Buttermilk Double Chocolate Cookies came about. Can you guess what was left over? Yup, the buttermilk. It is not something we use very often, but now, after having these cookies, we just may change that. Without further ado, I give you the recipe for Scrumptious Buttermilk Double Chocolate Cookies!
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp of salt
- 1/2 tsp of baking soda
- 1/2 cup of butter
- 3/4 cup of cocoa powder
- 2 cups of sugar
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- 1 cup of buttermilk
- 1 and 1/2 cups of semi sweet chocolate chips
Directions:
Starting with your dry ingredients, combine the flour, salt and baking soda together. I can remember helping my mom bake when I was younger and for some reason I loved this part! Doing this step now brings back some lovely memories. ♥
Using a fairly large bowl, put the cocoa powder in. Then melt your butter in the microwave for a few seconds, until it is liquefied. Immediately add the melted butter to your cocoa powder, mixing the two together until they are nice and smooth. Next add in your sugar, vanilla extract and buttermilk, whipping the five ingredients together. Slowly add in your dry (flour mixture) ingredients, mixing it all in until the flour is gone.
Next step is to add your chocolate chips. This is where you can take creative license and add in more than one kind of chip or even something else, like nuts or raisins. We used semi-sweet chips, but you could try butterscotch to change it up!
Put your cookie dough mixture in the fridge for a few minutes, like maybe 10, just to chill for a bit.
Now you can preheat your oven to 350ºF and prep your cookie sheets, lining them with parchment paper.
Remove the dough from the fridge and prepare to make dough balls! You might want to bring the kids in on this one because well, it’s fun! Using a teaspoon scoop out some dough and roll it into round balls about and inch or so thick. Place on cookie sheet, leaving room for the cookies to spread out as they cook.
Bake your cookies for about 11 to 14 minutes and remember the longer they are in the oven the firmer they are. We tested one batch and took it out at the 11 minute mark and they were nice and gooey. I preferred the cookies to cook until the 13 minute mark so they were crunchy with a soft centre.
This recipe should yield about 4 dozen cookies.
Enjoy!
What is your favourite kind of cookie?
FT&PD
Suz
My favourite cookie was always a peanut butter one but when William came along with the peanut allergy I have switched over to a drop cookie. Now, this is one cookie that takes just about anything, but I have learnt to stay away from peanuts and tree nuts.
Omg. .I want some right now but I am missing a couple of ingredients, of course stuff I normally would have…night time grocery run??
Uhm – my favourite cookie is whichever one just came out of the oven
Mmmmmm, these look awesome, I might just surprise my granddaughter and husband with a batch of these!!
Chocolate chip cookies are my favourite but I love anything with chocolate.
now that looks like the kind of cookie you need a glass of milk with
I love anything with chocolate! These look so delicious..will have to give them a try!
I love chocolate chip cookies. Double chocolate chip. These look so delicious. I may have to give them a try.
these look so decadent. i haven’t made cookies in forever. i may just need to bake these.
These cookies look absolutely scrumptious and all that chocolate yummy !
These cookies look absolutely delicious,my favorite is the one the kids have not eaten yet….usually the crumbs haha
I love whipped shortbread,made with real butter,yum!
I love anything chocolate and these sound very good.
Then you will love them Darlene! Cup of tea and you are good to go
Enjoy!
These looks so rich, my teeth are aching just looking at the picture
Yum, yum, I want some!!! These Scrumptious Buttermilk Double Chocolate Cookies look sooooooo yummy, I can’t wait to try them!
These cookies look rich and decadent.They are going to be a must try for me.They look so good I might have to make them and hide some.LOL
these look delish!!
my teeth are aching just looking at these
Wow these look so good. Definitely need to make this with the kiddos
Good idea using buttermilk
Mmmm! Chocolate! These look so moist and delicious!
My daughter loved this recipe AND the rest of LOVED eating them!!
These cookies almost look like brownies. I guess they would be a good thing to make and eat when I need a chocolate fix.
Oh yummy these look delish thanks for sharing the recipe , i will def be trying them out
i have been craving chocolate lately this will fix that lol
These look like just the recipe for my teenage daughter – she is always looking for something delicious to try! thank you
Ive been craving some sweet comfort food and this cookies win !!
OMG I have gotta try these….right now! They look and sound really delicious!
I plan to try them this coming week.
oh you had me at scrumptious! Looks amazing
Now, I wish that I had the left over buttermilk from the German Chocolate cake that I made for my husbands birthday! We don’t drink buttermilk so it got wasted…. Next year, I will use it for this recipe.
They look so good. Now I have a use for the cocoa powder in my cabinet.
They look so delicious,i would have to wait for the grandkids to be visiting to make them…would be scared i would eat them all.
These cookies look right up my valley! I love double chocolate anything. I can only imagine how delicious these are especially with the buttermilk in them. Yum!
I think I will put these on my Christmas baking list to do.
One of my daughters would love these, me I’d be substituting the semi sweet for white chocolate
Oh my these look and sound so yummy
chocolate chip are my favourite cookie.. but these look delicious!
My fav. cookie is a oatmeal raisin one.
I like your pic. and recipe of these yummy
looking chocolate cookies.
I am sure my family would love them, thanks.
Definitely going to make a batch of these today.They are delicious and addicting!!
My favourite is anything with chocolate so I’d love these. They’d go great with a glass of milk.
I have all the ingredients, right now1 Thank you! I’m going to go make these!
I love double chocolate cookies. The more chocolate the better!
I baked these up today! Deliciousness! Thank you! Hubby says Mmmm!
Great looking cookies I could enjoy daily for sure,
Look really mouth watering!!!!
These looks delicous I have never put buttermilk in cookies yet. I will definitely be baking these
Double chocolate cookies yummy/ I should bake these its kinda rainy outside today A good day to bake.
Rain or shine, it is always a good time to bake
These look amazing. I love using buttermilk in baking and cooking, I find it just makes everything that much better.
You look amazing! Thank you for sharing the recipe ♥️
These sound so good thanks for sharing , i will def be trying them out !
We made these a couple of weekend ago when we went camping they were delicious !
I will be enjoying house again over the holidays
Made these for the grandkids for their weekend treat,so delicious with a cup of hot tea!
These sound very tasty never think of using buttermilk.