Watch out!

These are amazing, absolutely delicious cookies. Bake them at your own risk (but I do encourage you to bake them). Warning- plan ahead! Don't go thinking you'll be able to whip up a batch and eat them right away- they need to chill. And then cool after coming out of the oven- they taste better if you can wait awhile.

Chocolate Toffee Cookies
(Adapted from Bon Appetit)

1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 pound bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped (it will be melted, so you can buy bags of chips instead)
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
1 3/4 cups (packed) brown sugar
4 large eggs
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
5 1.4 ounce chocolate-covered English toffee bars (Skor or Heath), coarsely chopped (they also sell bits in a bag)
1 cup walnuts, toasted, chopped
Flaky sea salt for sprinkling (optional)- I couldn't find this, but used coarse sea salt and liked it

Combine flour, baking powder and salt in small bowl; whisk to blend. Stir chocolate and butter in top of double boiler over simmering water until melted and smooth. Remove from over water, Cool mixture to lukewarm.

Using electric mixer, beat sugar and eggs in bowl until thick, about 5 min. Beat in chocolate mixture and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture, then toffee and nuts. Chill batter until firm, about 45 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350 F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. Drop batter by spoonfuls onto sheets, spacing 2" apart. Sprinkle with a pinch of flaky sea salt. Bake just until tops are dry and cracked but cookies are still soft to touch, about 12-15 min. Cool on sheets. (Can be made 2 days ahead, Store airtight at room temp.)

Slice and bake option: After struggling a bit to scoop these cookies, I rolled the dough into a log and chilled it. When I was ready to bake the cookies, I cut it into 1/2" slices. Cookies baked straight from the freezer may need an additional 1-2 min. [ I didn't try this yet, but just remembered that I wrapped a log of dough, and threw it in the freezer- oooh, off I go to bake the rest!! They made a wonderful breakfast with my diet Mtn Dew (I know, it sounds like I'm tipping off the side of the wagon, but I am really still hanging on).]