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    Triple Chocolate Espresso Bean Cookies


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    List of Ingredients




    Triple Chocolate Espresso Bean Cookies


    1/2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour
    2 tablespoons freshly ground espresso powder
    3/4 teaspoon baking soda
    3/4 teaspoon finely ground sea salt
    1/2 cup natural cocoa, not Dutch
    1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (soft to the touch)
    1 1/2 cups sugar + 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
    2 large eggs
    3 teaspoons high-quality pure vanilla extract
    3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
    8 ounces chocolate covered espresso beans

    Recipe





    Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.

    Assemble dry ingredients: In a medium bowl whisk together the whole
    wheat pastry flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cocoa
    powder. Set aside.

    Assemble the wet ingredients: In a big bowl or with an electric mixer beat the butter until it is fluffy and lightens a bit in color. Now
    beat in the sugar - it should have a thick frosting-like consistency.
    Mix in the eggs one at a time, making sure the first egg gets
    incorporated before adding the next. You will need to scrape down the sides of the bowl once or twice as well. Add the vanilla and mix until it is incorporated.

    Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients: Add the dry ingredients
    to the wet mix in about four waves. Stir a bit between each addition
    until the flour is just incorporated. At this point you should have a
    moist, brown dough that is uniform in color. Stir in the espresso
    beans and chocolate chips by hand and mix only until they are evenly distributed throughout the dough.

    Drop the cookies onto baking sheets: I like to make these cookies
    medium in size (they are rich!) - and use roughly one heaping
    tablespoons of dough for each one.

    Place the cookies in the oven: Bake at 375 degrees for about 10
    minutes on the middle rack. You don't want to over bake these cookies at all or they will really dry out. If anything, under bake them just a bit. When they are done, pull them out to cool.

    Tip: If you don't want to bake all the cookies at one once you can
    freeze some of the dough for quick cookies later. Instead of placing
    the cookies in the oven put the cookie dough balls into a
    freezer-quality plastic bag and toss them in the freezer. You can bake
    straight from the freezer at a later date, up the baking time by a
    couple minutes to compensate for the frozen dough. I like to put a
    couple at a time in my toaster oven for that fresh baked daily cookie.


    Big Batch: 2-3 dozen chunky, medium cookies.

 

 

 


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