Chocolate Espresso Cookies Food

CHEWY CHOCOLATE ESPRESSO COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl over simmering water, melt the 3 1/4 cups chocolate chips and butter together.
• Meanwhile, in another bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• In a mixer with a whip attachment, mix the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and ground espresso, then add the chocolate mixture. Mix in the dry ingredients and the remaining 1 1/2 cups chips. Let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes to set up.
• Scoop onto parchment lined sheet pans with a medium ice cream scoop then freeze. Bake from frozen in a preheated 375 degree F for 7 minutes. You can par-bake them for 5 minutes then bake an additional 2 minutes at the time you serve them so they're warm.

ESPRESSO CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Cream the butter with the sugars using an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy, approximately 30 seconds. Beat in the egg and the vanilla extract for another 30 seconds.
• In a mixing bowl, sift together the dry ingredients and beat into the butter mixture at low speed for about 15 seconds. Stir in the espresso coffee powder and chocolate chips.
• Using a 1-ounce scoop or a 2-tablespoon measure, drop cookie dough onto a greased cookie sheet about 3 inches apart. Gently press down on the dough with the back of a spoon to spread out into a 2-inch circle. Bake for about 20 minutes or until nicely browned around the edges. Bake a little longer for a crispier cookie.
• Serve warm with a glass of milk.

CHOCOLATE ESPRESSO COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift flour, cocoa powder, espresso powder, baking powder, and salt into a bowl and set aside.
• Melt chocolate in a metal bowl set over a pot of simmering water, stirring occasionally so it will melt evenly; remove from heat when smooth.
• In a stand mixer, cream butter and sugars on medium speed for several minutes until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until combined.
• Pour in melted chocolate and beat until combined.
• Add flour mixture and chocolate chips and mix on low just until incorporated.
• Cover dough and refrigerate for about 15-20 minutes until it is firm enough to scoop.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line several cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
• Roll dough into 1½-inch balls and place on sheets about 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes-cookies will still appear soft but will firm up upon cooling. Cool cookie sheets on wire racks before removing cookies with a metal spatula.

CHOCOLATE CHIP-ESPRESSO COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• Bring 2 cups water to a boil in a pot. Lower to a simmer. Put a glass bowl over the pot; melt 1 3/4 cups of the chocolate chips and all of the butter in it, stirring constantly until it melts.
• In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar together until light and fluffy. Stir in the espresso, then mix in the chocolate mixture. Let it cool.
• Stir in the flour mixture and the remaining 3/4 cup chocolate chips. Put bowl in the fridge for 15-30 minutes to the the dough firm up.
• Make tablespoon-sized dough balls. Put on cookie sheet and freeze overnight. If a cookie sheet won't fit in your freezer, you can use a plate.
• To bake, preheat oven to 375ºF. Completely grease a NEW cookie sheet. Don't thaw the dough. Arrange dough balls 2 inches apart on the pan.
• Bake 7-10 minutes, checking to see if they're done by sticking a toothpick inches If it comes out close to clean, they're ready! If it comes out wet with batter, continue to bake cookies until done. Enjoy!
• Note: Baking cookies straighht from the freezer will make them chewier on the inside and crispier on the top!

ESPRESSO CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Grind the espresso beans to a fine powder.
• Combine flour, cocoa, ground espresso beans, baking soda and salt.
• In a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy (~5 min).
• Add eggs and vanilla extract. Beat well at medium speed for 2 minute.
• Slowly add the flour/cocoa to the creamed mixture over 12 minutes. If the powder escapes the mixer, you are adding it too quickly!
• Stir in chocolate chips at slow speed to give the final cookie dough.
• Using a leveled ice cream scoop, drop measures onto parchment paper on a cookie sheet. Leave the space of a drop between each new one. Bake for 9 minutes. The cookies will rise and still be soft when removed from the oven.
• Cool for 5 minute on the sheet. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

CHEWY CHOCOLATE ESPRESSO COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl and set aside.
• Melt 2 cups of the chocolate chips, the unsweetened chocolate and butter in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over low heat, stirring until smooth. Set aside.
• In the large bowl of a stand mixer on high speed, beat the eggs, sugar, ground coffee and vanilla extract until thick ribbons form and the mixture has doubled in volume. By hand, stir in the melted chocolate mixture until thoroughly combined, then add the dry ingredients, chopped walnuts and the remaining chocolate chips. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Have ready some large baking sheets lined with parchment paper. (If you have a convection oven, use that setting.).
• Make golf ball-size scoops of dough, spacing them about 2 inches apart. Bake, in batches, 10 to 12 minutes; the tops will crack, but the cookies should be gooey inside. Cool on the baking sheets at least 1 minute before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE ESPRESSO COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, granulated sugar, and coffee. Mix with fingers to press out lumps.
• In a medium mixing bowl, beat butter and margarine together until creamy. Add the sugar mixture and vanilla extract. Beat on high speed for about one minute. Beat in egg white.
• On low speed, beat in flour mixture just until incorporated. Knead with hands briefly until smooth.
• Form dough into a cylinder 9-10 inches long and about 1¾ inches in diameter. Wrap securely in waxed paper. Chill at least 45 minutes or until needed. Dough can be prepared to this point and refrigerated up to three days, or it can be wrapped, airtight, and frozen up to three months.
• Lightly coat baking sheets with nonstick cooking spray.
• Place oven racks in the upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat to 350°F Use a sharp knife to slice rounds ¼ inch thick from the chilled dough. Place one inch apart on prepared baking sheets. Bake 10 to 14 minutes. (Rotate baking sheets from top to bottom and front to back about halfway through baking to ensure even baking. Cookies will puff and crackle on top and then begin to settle down slightly when done).
• Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely before storing. Store, airtight, up to two weeks, or freeze up to two months.

CHOCOLATE ESPRESSO COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and grease 2 large heavy baking sheets.
• In a double boiler or a metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt unsweetened chocolate, 1 cup chocolate chips, and butter, stirring until smooth, and remove top of double boiler or bowl from heat. In a bowl with an electric mixer beat eggs, sugar, and ground coffee on high speed until very thick and pale and mixture forms a ribbon when beaters are lifted, about 3 minutes, and beat in chocolate mixture. Into mixture sift in flour, baking powder, and salt and stir until just combined. Stir in remaining chocolate chips and walnuts.
• Drop batter by heaping tablespoons about 2 inches apart onto baking sheets and bake in batched in middle of oven 8 to 10 minutes, or until puffed and cracked on top. Cool cookies in baking sheets 1 minute and transfer to racks to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE-ESPRESSO COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix flour, baking powder and salt in small bowl. Stir bittersweet chocolate and butter in heavy large saucepan over low heat until melted. Remove from heat. Using electric mixer, beat eggs, sugar, espresso powder and vanilla in medium bowl until well blended. Stir egg mixture into warm chocolate mixture. Stir in dry ingredients. Stir in chocolate chips and chopped walnuts.
• Immediately drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls onto nonstick baking sheets, spacing 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake until tops crack but cookies are still soft inside, about 12 minutes. Transfer baking sheets to racks; cool 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to racks; cool completely. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Store cookies in airtight container at room temperature.)