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Midnights

Makes 6 dozen cookies

These cookies are pure, rich chocolate, with a hint of coffee. Just for fun, place a nonpareil in the center while the cookies are still warm from the oven. Adapted from "The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion" (Countryman Press, 2004).

1 2/3 cups (10 ounces) bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chips or chunks

6 ounces unsweetened chocolate

3/4 cup flour

3/4 cup cocoa powder

1 1/4 teaspoons salt

1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda

8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 2/3 cups brown sugar

2 eggs