Chocolate chunk cookies delicious in several varieties

  • Chocolate chunk cookies
    Chocolate chunk cookies
  • CHOCOLATE CHOICES Cooking author Angelina LaRue says she’s “willing to try just about anything but the kitchen sink in my cookie dough”—and offers up some tasy options. | ANGELINA LARUE PHOTO
    CHOCOLATE CHOICES Cooking author Angelina LaRue says she’s “willing to try just about anything but the kitchen sink in my cookie dough”—and offers up some tasy options. | ANGELINA LARUE PHOTO

    I have certain cookie recipes I use over and over. But for some reason, I tend to think I will always be able to improve on chocolate chip or chocolate chunk cookies. So I do experiment a bit.

    When I have leftover bits and pieces of chocolate, I like to stir them into my cookie batter in place of chocolate chips. I actually like the imperfection, the variety of texture, and especially the small sha…