Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup or 110g softened butter
- 1/3 cup white/granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 medium/large egg (either will work, Ive tried)
- 1tsp vanilla extract
- 1tsp instant coffee, dissolved in ~1/2tbs hot water
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1tsp baking powder
- 1/2tsp salt
- ~75-100g chocolate of choice - chips, chopped, dark, white, whatever. I strongly recommend an even mix of dark and milk chocolate; the bitterness of the dark chocolate complements the sweetness of the other ingredients much better than you might think. Promise.
Cream together sugars and butter before adding the egg, vanilla, and coffee mixture. I recommend adding the cocoa at this stage because it's much easier to mix here (cocoa loves to fly everywhere when added to dry ingredients) and also to hydrate it, giving it better flavour. Once well combined, slowly incorporate dry ingredients, making sure the baking powder and salt are evenly mixed through the dough. Dough may be a bit sticky depending on the exact amount of egg and dissolved coffee was used, don't worry too much about that. Fold in chocolate chips before dividing into 10 roughly even discs/balls/lumps. Refrigerate for 30 minutes, then bake at 170C (~340f I think?) for 12 minutes. Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes before eating, ideally longer if you don't want the cookies to fall apart in your hands. Or you can eat them gooey with ice cream.