Double Chocolate Cookies

These are the best chocolate cookies I have ever eaten.  My mom found this recipe in Taste of Home Contest Winning Recipes.  The original recipe, by Michelle Wolford, is for ice cream sandwiches, but we ditched the ice cream part.  I use whole wheat flour instead of white and the cookies are still scrumptious.  I always double the recipe, as the original only makes about a dozen.  Bet you can't eat just one!

1/3 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup white sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons whole wheat flour 
1/4 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chocolate chips


Preheat the oven to 375 F.  Grease the cookie sheets.  Mix the butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla in a large bowl.  In a separate bowl mix the dry ingredients.  Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until mixed.  Add the chocolate chips.  Each cookie should be a heaping teaspoon of dough.  Bake for 8 to 12 minutes.