Sometimes when I get home from teaching, I need a cookie. Or 5..sometimes 5 cookies. And last week was one of the 5 cookies kind of weeks. Luckily, by the time I nibbled on the batter making these cookies, I only had two instead of five. A
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Double chocolate chip cookies are some of my favorites, and I’ve been known to order them from anywhere. Subway anyone? And so I set out to recreate the soft chewy centers of my favorite double chocolate chip cookies. But I also had to raise the bar
a little
a lot.
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So for these cookies, I added three different kinds of chocolate chips–dark chocolate, semisweet chocolate, and white chocolate. The different chocolate chips add different flavors and textures through the cookies. And I added a hit of espresso powder to the batter to make the coco powder flavor really shine.
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Vanilla, butter, salt, coco powder, and three kinds of chocolate chips make these quadruple chocolate chocolate chip cookies the perfect afternoon snack after a stressful day. Add a tall, cold glass of milk, and my day was suddenly looking up. It’s amazing what quadruple chocolate chocolate chip cookies can do!
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Quadruple Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
Author: Happy Food Happy Home
Yields approx. 20 cookies
1 ¼ sticks butter (10 tablespoons), softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
½ teaspoon espresso powder
1 cup flour
¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons coco powder
¾ teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon kosher salt
¾ cup dark chocolate chips
½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
¾ cup white chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with
parchment paper. - Cream butter and sugar together in the bowl of a stand
mixer. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. - Add the egg. Mix until just combined. Scrape down sides.
- Mix in vanilla and espresso powder. Scrape down sides.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, coco
powder, baking soda, and salt. - Add half of the dry ingredients to the stand mixer and mix
until just combined. Scrape down sides. - Add remaining dry ingredients and all of the chocolate
chips. Mix until combined. - Use a 1 ½ tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop cookies onto
lined baking sheet. - Bake cookies for 9-10 minutes until the edges are set but the middles are still soft. The cookies should have a few cracks running across their tops.
- Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack.
adapted fromThe Pioneer Woman
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Sometimes cookies can make everything better. And I love those times–your problems aren’t too big when cookies can fix them. Cookies are my go-to ‘had a bad day’ food; do you have a comfort food you make during a bad day? If you don’t I would highly recommend trying these quadruple chocolate chip cookies!