Chocolate Coffee Baton Cookies Food

CHOCOLATE COFFEE COOKIES

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°.
• Set oven rack to second-lowest position.
• Prepare/grease a large cookie sheet.
• Cream sugars with butter and shortening (about 2 minutes).
• Beat in egg and maple extract.
• In a bowl, sift dry ingredients, and add to the creamed mixture; beat until combined.
• Add in the chocolate chips and nuts.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes (don't overbake!).
• Cool and remove to a wire rack.

COFFEE CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES

Steps:

• For the cookies: Melt 1 stick of butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Let it bubble up for 3 to 4 minutes, swirling the pan to keep the butter moving around. When the butter is a medium golden brown, remove the pan from the heat (the butter will continue browning in the pan over the next 30 seconds or so). Pour the butter and any solids in the bottom of the pan into a heatproof bowl and allow it to cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Beat the remaining stick of butter, the brown sugar and granulated sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Reduce the speed to low and beat in the eggs and vanilla until smooth, scraping down the bowl if necessary to make sure everything is incorporated.
• With the mixer on medium-low speed, slowly drizzle in the cooled browned butter and mix until combined, about 1 minute.
• In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, instant coffee, baking soda and salt. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture to the dough and beat until totally incorporated, about 2 minutes. Stir in the chocolate chunks and pecans, if using, with a wooden spoon.
• Preheat the oven to 375˚ and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Scoop heaping tablespoonfuls of dough onto the prepared pans, about 2 inches apart. Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes. Bake the cookies until golden brown, 9 to 10 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on the baking sheets, then remove to a rack to cool completely.
• For the glaze: Combine the white chocolate chips and oil in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring, until melted. Stir in the vanilla. Pour the white chocolate into a resealable plastic bag and snip off a corner. Drizzle over the cookies. Let set 15 minutes.

SUPER CHOCOLATEY BUTTONS

Steps:

• Position racks in the lower and upper third of the oven. Line 3 baking sheets with parchment or silicone mats. (If you don't have 3 pans, simply cool the pan between batches.)
• Put the butter, unsweetened chocolate and 4 ounces semisweet chocolate in a medium microwave-safe bowl. Heat at 75 percent power in the microwave until soft, about 2 minutes. Stir and heat again until melted, up to 2 minutes more. (Alternatively, put the chocolates and butter in a heatproof bowl. Bring a saucepan filled with an inch or so of water to a very slow simmer; set the bowl over, but not touching the water, and stir occasionally until melted and smooth.)
• Stir the granulated and light brown sugars and vanilla into the chocolate mixture with a wooden spoon. Add the eggs and buttermilk and beat vigorously until thick and glossy.
• Whisk together the flour, 1/2 cup cocoa and the salt in another bowl. Add them to the egg mixture and stir until just mixed. Stir in the remaining chip-size semisweet chocolate. Cover and refrigerate the dough until firm enough to scoop, about 1 hour.
• Roll the dough into scant 1 tablespoon (about 3/4 inch) balls and place 1 inch apart on the baking sheets. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Put the remaining 1/2 cup cocoa powder and the confectioners' sugar in two separate bowls for rolling. Roll the dough balls in the confectioners' sugar, then in the cocoa powder and place on the baking sheets. Bake until the cookies set but are soft and fudgy on the inside, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Cool the cookies on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, and then transfer to a rack to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE-DIPPED COOKIES

Steps:

• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Reduce the mixer speed to medium low; beat in the flour mixture in 2 batches until combined.
• Transfer the batter to a resealable plastic bag and snip the corner to create a 1/2-inch opening. Pipe the batter into 1/2-by-3-inch strips, about 2 inches apart, on the prepared baking sheets. Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until the cookies are golden around the edges, about 15 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to racks to cool completely.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment. Put the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring, until smooth. Dip the cookies halfway in the chocolate, letting the excess drip off, then place on the prepared baking sheet. Refrigerate until the chocolate just sets, 10 to 15 minutes.

COFFEE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Toast almonds in oven for 10 minutes or until brown.
• Dissolve coffee in 2 tablespoons hot water. In a separate small mixing bowl mix flour, baking soda and salt.
• Beat butter and sugar in an electric mixer at a medium speed until fluffy. Pour coffee, vanilla and eggs into the butter mixture; mix well. Reduce mixer's speed to low and slowly pour flour mixture into the butter mixture.
• Fold chocolate chips and almonds into the dough. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet, 3 inches apart.
• Bake for 10 minutes.

CHOCOLATE COFFEE BATON COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift together flour, coffee powder, salt and baking powder; set aside.
• Beat butter, brown sugar, and ¼ cup granulated sugar together until light and fluffy.
• Stir in flour mixture ½ cup at a time alternating with the cream.
• Cover, chill 3 to 3 1/2 hours.
• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Using approximately 3 tbsp for each, form dough into logs 3 inches long and 1 ½ inches in diameter.
• Place logs 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake 8-10 minutes.
• Remove from baking sheet and cool on rack.
• In top of a double boiler combine the chocolate pieces, water and 2 tbsp sugar.
• Stir over hot water until chocolate melts.
• Add vanilla, remove from heat.
• Dip ends of each cookie into chocolate and then into chopped nuts.
• Place on wax paper until chocolate hardens.
• Store in air tight container.

BACON CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Lay the bacon flat in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish, preferable one with handles, and transfer to a cold oven. Set the oven temperature to 425 degrees F and bake the bacon until crisp, 40 to 45 minutes. Remove from the oven.
• While the bacon cooks, whisk the flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• Place the butter in a large heatproof bowl. Line a plate with paper towels and set a fine-mesh sieve over a heatproof liquid measuring cup.
• Once the bacon is crisp, immediately transfer it to the prepared plate. Carefully tilt the baking dish and scoop or pour the hot bacon fat through the strainer into the measuring cup.
• Pour 1/4 cup of the hot fat over the butter; save any additional fat for another use and discard the solids in the strainer. (If you don't have enough bacon fat to yield 1/4 cup then make up the difference with melted butter.) Let the fat and butter sit for 1 minute, to slightly melt the cubed butter.
• Cream the bacon fat and butter together with a handheld electric mixer on medium speed until slightly aerated (the mixture should still be quite loose and resemble the consistency of mayonnaise), about 1 minute. Add the brown sugar, granulated sugar and molasses. Mix on medium speed until lightened in color, about 2 minutes. Add the egg, egg yolk and vanilla, mixing on low speed until incorporated, 30 seconds to 1 minute.
• Scrape the sides of the bowl and add the dry ingredients. Mix on low speed until the dough is about three-quarters of the way mixed, about 1 minute. The dough will still be chunky with streaks of flour.
• Roughly chop 6 slices of the bacon to yield 1/2 cup. Add the chopped bacon and chocolate chips to the dough. Fold in with a rubber spatula, incorporating the streaks of flour and evenly distributing the bacon and chocolate chips. Refrigerate the dough 30 minutes to 4 hours.
• While the dough chills, chop the remaining 3 slices of bacon into 1/4- to 1/2-inch pieces.
• When ready to bake the cookies, position the racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
• Scoop half of the dough into scant 2-tablespoon balls and place 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake on the upper and lower oven racks for 6 minutes. Remove from the oven and press 1 piece of the remaining bacon into the top of each cookie. Rotate the baking sheets and bake until the cookies are light golden and just set around the edges, 5 to 7 minutes more.
• Let cool 10 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer the cookies to a wire rack. You can let them cool completely but I recommend eating them warm!
• Repeat the scooping, baking and cooling with the remaining cookie dough after the baking sheets have cooled completely. Or freeze the scooped dough to bake later (see Cook's Note).

CHOCOLATE TOFFEE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the cookie mix, oil, egg and water. Stir in toffee bits. , Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until set. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks.