Mocha Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Cookies are not my “thing”.  Mostly because they just never turn out that well.  You know, soft and chewy on the inside and crispy on the outside.  So when, Tuesdays With Dorie baking group chose Mocha Chocolate Chip Cookies for this week’s recipe I thought, “yawn.”

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Then there are the ingredients … apricots (not my favorite) coffee powder – not a coffee drinker.  I haven’t found any espresso powder in my travels and so I use instant coffee granules ground into a fine powder.

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Oh ya, and 1 pound of chocolate. I decided to go with Ghirardelli all the way.

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Cookies were made the usual way. Dry ingredients mixed into the butter, sugar, egg mixture.  Stir well. Add the rest. Important step — refrigerate, a couple hours or overnight.  BTW- ground coffee granules worked beautifully.

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The cookies baked up stunningly delicious.  I absolutely love the mocha flavor! I used 1 tablespoon of the ground coffee granules and it was just the right amount! I gave away as many as I could and had to freeze the rest to keep from eating them all!  This recipe makes 4 dozen cookies.

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The apricots added just the right amount of softness to the cookie.  According to our neighbor who received the first pan full right out of the oven, “they were great with a cup of coffee!”

Rick Katz is the contributing baker who baked these cookies alongside Julia Childs on her PBS series, Baking With Julia.  Dorie Greenspan is the author of the cookbook we are cooking our way through, Baking With Julia.  Hosting this recipe is Peggy of Galettista.  She will post the full recipe and details.  Check it out there and add to your chocolate chip cookie arsenal.  You will want to make these asap!
~Blessings, Catherine

 

 

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25 thoughts on “Mocha Chocolate Chip Cookies”

  1. Your cookies look great! And not too flat. Glad you liked them! I love the cookies I came out with after all my changes. Katrina, Baking and Boys!

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  2. I’m glad you were pleasantly surprised by these – that’s always so fun. Your post reminded me that I still have cookies in my freezer. I’m going to have to get those out sometime soon 🙂

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    • I am just learning about how great chocolate and coffee are together — in just about everything! BTW – I hope my readers will hop over to your blog and look at your beautiful table setting, cookies and all!

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  3. These sound like my kind of cookie…love the addition of espresso or coffee flavor. They look perfect…glad they were a hit!

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  4. I was also surprised by how much I loved the mocha flavour, and the apricot. Mine went flat, but I managed to save them by baking in cupcake pans, phew, wouldn’t want all that deliciousness going to waste!

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  5. I love cookies, especially the “drop cookies” (quick, easy and delicious).
    The coffee added the final great touch. Not long ago I’ve read that a bit of coffee in any chocolate recipe does exhalt the chocolate taste. In this cookie it came out perfectly (and not only the chocolate taste!)
    I loved them in all the variety I’ve baked them.
    Long live the Mocha chocolate cookies!

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  6. I had the same opinion before making these cookies but I don’t regret having made them! They are really good, the combination of all these ingredients give a unique flavor to these cookies!
    Yours look lovely, well done!!!

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