Melt-In-Your-Mouth Buttermilk Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cookies!  Oh yes, I do love cookies.  I could make cookies for a living, I think!  Then again the Keebler Elves might come after me, so perhaps it's best to keep it at the hobby level lol.
Anyway, this is a recipe I love to do when I have leftover buttermilk.  The cookies are best on the day they are made and must be kept in an airtight jar after that in order to stay chewy at all.

Here is the blog with the recipe:
http://bakingbites.com/2010/07/melt-in-your-mouth-buttermilk-chocolate-cookies/

Since I actually follow the recipe exactly, these parts (ingredients & instructions) are simply copied from the original.  The pictures with the instructions are mine:

Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup cocoa powder
2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2/3 cup buttermilk
2 cups chocolate chips

Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
3. Melt the butter in a small, microwave safe bowl.
4. In a large bowl, combine the melted butter (still warm) with cocoa powder and whisk until very smooth. Whisk in sugar, vanilla extract and buttermilk.  Here are the two bowls (dry mixture and butter mixture):

5. Gradually stir in the flour mixture until no streaks of flour remain. Stir in the chocolate chips:

6. Drop dough in 1-inch balls into prepared baking sheet, leaving about two inches between cookies to allow for spread:

7. Bake for 10-12 minutes, until cookies are set around the edges.
8. Cool for 2-3 minutes on a baking sheet, then transfer to a wire rack with a spatula to cool completely.
9. Enjoy!!