These chocolate espresso cookies are buttery, crisp, and loaded with dark chocolate. Plus, they’ll give you an little extra pep in your step, which I think we all could use this week.
Let’s make this quick.
I’m busy. You’re busy. It’s the week before Christmas and EVERYONE IS BUSY. I don’t have the time to write a whole story and you don’t have time to read one (if you do, see my last post. That’ll keep you busy for a while).
But you do hopefully have some time set aside to make cookies, and if you don’t, you better make some. These bad boys are a cross between a chocolate chip cookie and a shortbread, but they have the most incredible addition of espresso. So they’ll satisfy your sweet tooth, AND they’ll give you the energy needed to make it through the rest of the season without totally losing your mind.
These cookies are nice and crisp, which makes them ideal for milk dunking, an essential cookie quality according to Chaser Gaffney (I beg to differ). They’re also a lovely pairing with coffee, but that probably goes without saying. They’re loaded with tons of bittersweet chocolate that’s been chopped into bits of all different sizes, so some will melt into the dough while others will remain in nice big chunks. And if that hasn’t convinced you, they’re made in the slice and bake style, which means that they’re E-A-S-Y.
Make the cookies, enjoy the season, and tell me about it later.
Thank you to Finlandia for sponsoring this video!
- 1 cup (16 tablespoons or 1 package) unsalted Finlandia butter, room temperature
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon instant espresso powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped into bits
- Using an electric or stand mixer, cream the Finlandia butter until soft. Add both sugars, espresso powder, salt, and vanilla extract, then beat until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes. Add flour and mix on low until just incorporated, then mix in chocolate. Do not overmix.
- Place the dough on a large piece of plastic wrap and form it into a log about 3 inches in diameter. Wrap tightly, then chill for at least 2 hours. Dough can be made up until this point and stored in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for up to 2 months.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and line two sheet pans with parchment paper.
- Slice the cookies into 1/2-inch rounds, then place them on the pans about an inch apart. Bake until they just start to turn golden around the edges, about 15-20 minutes.
- Store leftover cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week.
Nicole Gaffney, aka Coley, is a professionally trained chef, recipe developer, tv host and food writer.
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