Double Chocolate Mocha Drop Cookies
- 3/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup brewed coffee
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter or margarine
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup matzo cake meal
- 18 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher for Passover baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons finely ground dark coffee beans, preferably espresso
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Melt 1/2 cup of chocolate chips with coffee in a double boiler, or in metal bowl in pot of hot water, stirring until smooth.
- Set aside to cool slightly.
- Cream together butter or margarine and sugars, beating until light.
- Mix in eggs, one at a time, then add vanilla.
- Fold in chocolate mixture.
- Mix matzo cake meal, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and 2 tablespoons of ground coffee beans in bowl and stir into batter with 1/4 cup of chips.
- Let sit for an hour, covered.
- Drop cookie dough by tablespoons onto cookie sheets, about 2 inches apart.
- Press remaining chips on top of cookie dough and sprinkle on ground coffee.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
chocolate chips, coffee, butter, white sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, matzo cake meal, salt, kosher for passover, cinnamon, coffee beans
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/12032 (may not work)