Toffee Bits and Chocolate Chip Chocolate Cookies

I was craving cookies, but I wasn’t in the mood for the traditional chocolate chip cookies I make all the time.  These cookies combine toffee bits, chocolate chips, and a chocolate cookie base to make a truly scrumptious snack.

Ingredients:

¾ cup all purpose flour

¼ cup chocolate protein powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons cocoa powder

½ cup unsalted butter at room temperature

6 tablespoons granulated sugar

6 tablespoons light brown sugar

1 egg

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

8 ounce package toffee bits

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Whisk flour, protein powder, baking soda, salt, and cooca powder in a medium bowl.
3. Add butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar to a stand mixer and mix on medium until soft and creamy.
4. Add vanilla extract and egg to the stand mixer and continue to mix scraping down the edges of the bowl.
5. Gradually add the flour mixture and scrape down the edges of the bowl.
6. Reduce the speed to low and add the toffee bits and chocolate chips.
7. I used my medium size cookie scooper to form 20 balls you can form smaller balls if you like bite size cookies.
8. The larger cookies baked for 12 minutes.  Then I pulled the parchment paper off the hot baking sheet and let the cookies rest for 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.  Reduce baking time to 8 minutes if you prefer smaller cookies.
9. Enjoy!