Dark Chocolate Cottage Cheese Cookies

Ingredients

• 0.5 teaspoon double-acting baking powder 
• 0.3 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.5 cup curd cottage cheese 
• 1 cup extra chocolate chips dark
• 0.3 cup extra cocoa powder dark unsweetened (Hershey's)
• 1 large eggs 
• 1.3 cup flour all-purpose (6.2 ounces)
• 0.3 cup granulated sugar 
• 0.3 cup brown sugar light packed
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 5 tablespoons butter unsalted
• 1 teaspoons vanilla extract 

Equipment

• baking sheet
• oven
• mixing bowl
• wire rack
• blender
• aluminum foil
• stand mixer

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with nonstick foil.In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the cottage cheese for about a minute.
2. Add the butter and both sugars and beat for another 2 minutes. Reduce mixer speed to low and add egg and vanilla, beating just until mixed.With a mixing spoon (or using the lowest speed of a stander mixer fixed with a paddle), gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and stir until incorporated. Stir in the chocolate chips.Using a tablespoon measure, scoop up dough and arrange balls of dough (they’ll be sticky — not perfectly round) on the baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
3. Bake on center rack for 10 minutes or until cookies appear set.
4. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. After about 5 minutes or when the cookies are warm rather than very hot, sift some powdered sugar over them. This covers up the little flecks of cottage cheese.