Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookie Bowl

Oh how they love a cookie bowl.  Warm, gooey, topped with ice cream this dessert is decadent, delicious, and sweetly reminiscent of a childhood joy in the simple pleasure of a fresh baked chocolate chip cookie.

This can be a dainty dessert, the dough baked in petite ramekins, or it can be a big splurge in a regular sized ceramic soup bowl.  Either way you portion it is an impossibly good treat, earned or otherwise. 

The Basics:
1. Mix the dough.
2. Bake the dough in a ramekin or other oven safe container.
3. Let the ramekin cool to the touch.
4. Top with a sprinkle of kosher or sea salt and a scoop of ice cream and enjoy!


Recipe:
1 c. whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 c. softened butter
3/4 c. brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 egg
1/2 tsp. ground flax seed (optional)
1 c. dark chocolate chips or 8 oz dark chocolate bar, chopped
a pinch of kosher or sea salt
a scoop of vanilla ice cream for serving


Method:
1. Mix flour, salt, and baking powder to combine.
2. Using a hand mixer, beat butter and sugar until creamy.
3. Beat in the vanilla, egg, and flax seed.
4. Mix wet and dry ingredients until incorporated.
5. Mix in chocolate.
6. Place dough in a ramekins, leaving at least a half inch at the top.
7. Place ramekins on a cookie sheet and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 10-15 minutes.  Time depends on the overall size and depth of the ramekin.  As soon as the edges begin to brown, that's when I take them out.
8. Sprinkle with kosher salt.
9. Let the ramekins cool at least 5 minutes.  They will be very hot.
10. Serve with ice cream.

ENJOY!