31 Days: Dark-Chocolate Cookies with Espresso

Welcome to Day 22 of 31 Days of Baking as part of Write31Days October challenge.

OMG! Are you ready? 

These dark chocolate morsels are the best cookie ever! I don't even like coffee but the mocha flavor makes me swoon. I had a hard time actually baking the cookies because the dough tastes soo good. Not going to lie but I saved some dough to eat later. :)

Dark Chocolate Cookies with Espresso
1 cup all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa (spooned and leveled)
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 tablespoon instant espresso powder
8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, 4 ounces melted and 4 ounces coarsely chopped

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees with racks in upper and lower thirds. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
2. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition; mix in vanilla. Combine espresso powder and melted chocolate; beat into butter mixture. With mixer on low, gradually add flour mixture; mix just until combined. Fold in chopped chocolate.
3. Drop dough by two heaping tablespoons, 3 inches apart, onto two baking sheets Bake until edges are dry, 14 to 15 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. (To store, keep in an airtight container at room temperature, up to 3 days.) yield 22.
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What I changed:

I didn't bother with the rack position and tray rotating. Made half of recipe. Even with my eating of the dough and saving some for later, I still got 12 cookies from half a batch.

The beaters were licking good!

My thoughts:

See beginning above. DELICIOUS! Make these for any mocha lover. Watch how long you leave in oven. I think 14 minutes might be 1 minute too long if you prefer a chewier cookie like me.

Till tomorrow...