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Earthquake Cookies

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 ⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 ⁄4 cup unsweetened Cocoa
  • 1 tablespoon instant espresso
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 ⁄8 teaspoon salt
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 ⁄3 cup packed dark-brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate baking chips melted and cooled
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 1 ⁄2 cup confectioners' sugar for coating

Instructions
 

  • Stir together flour, cocoa, espresso, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
  • Beat butter and brown sugar with a mixer until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
  • Beat in egg until well combined; mix in cooled Bittersweet Chocolate.
  • Reduce speed to low, and gradually add flour mixture; beat in milk until just combined. Cover dough with plastic wrap.
  • Freeze until firm, about 45 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
  • Shape dough into ½-inch balls (exactly 1 teaspoon each).
  • Pour confectioners' sugar into a medium bowl; working in batches, roll balls in sugar 2 times, letting them sit in sugar between coatings.
  • Put onto cookie sheet 2 inches apart.
  • Bake until cookies have spread and coating has cracked, 10 - 12 minutes
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