Photo: Dark Chocolate Chipotle Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch cubes, softened
- 2 cups packed light brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cups sugar, plus 1/2 cup for topping
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder, sifted
- 2 teaspoons crushed, dried chipotle peppers
- 4 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1/2 pound high-quality bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled slightly
- 1 1/2 cups high-quality bittersweet chocolate chips or chunks, plus 1/2 cup for topping
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, add butter and beat with the paddle attachment until smooth. Scrape the sides of the bowl as necessary to evenly cream it. Add the sugars, sifted cocoa powder and chipotle peppers and mix again at medium speed until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Add eggs, vanilla and water. Beat at medium speed until combined, about 30 seconds. Add slightly cooled melted chocolate and mix again, scraping bowl to evenly mix everything.
Add the flour mixture, scraping sides and bottom of the bowl as necessary. When well incorporated, add the chips and mix briefly, about 5 seconds.
Refrigerate the dough in the bowl until cool and fudge-like, but not solid, for approximately 1 hour. You can use an ice cream scoop to create large, even sized cookies. These cookie-dough balls can also be frozen at this point, and baked right from the freezer whenever the need arises.
When ready to bake, press the tops of the cookie dough-balls into the sugar, and then top with 2 to 3 pieces of dark chocolate chips. Place onto parchment-lined baking sheets, allowing space for the cookies to spread. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes. Remove the cookies from the oven when they are still a little underdone. Slide the parchment paper with the cookies onto a cooling rack and allow to cool before removing from parchment
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By bblewjax_1728958
Saint Augustine, FL
on December 03, 2011
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THESE COOKIES WILL MAKE YOUR HEART RACE! My husband loves dark chocolate & spicy food so we gave these a try. If you are a chocoholic but don't like the heat, just leave out the chipotle. The heat is an after burner which is fun & surprising.
Foolishly, I did not read the reviews before baking. The proportion of butter to other ingredients is OFF.
MY CORRECTIONS: I added 1 cup flour, 1 tsp baking soda & 1/2 tsp salt.
PERSONAL PREFERENCES: Dark chocolate cocoa powder. Chipotle chile pepper powder (McCormick. Toll House semi sweet chocolate chips are fine, no need to spend extra bucks on fancy stuff. Used them for melted chocolate & the chips in the batter. Pushing extra chips in the top is a waste of effort.
COOKIE SIZE/BAKING: These cookies are very rich so adjust size & baking time accordingly. Even with the extra flour & chilled they spread.
VARIATIONS: Kick it up a Notch by adding chipotle chile powder or cinnamon or cocoa powder to the sugar the cookies are rolled in. Pecans.
By dexbaly_12613312
Mystic, 45
on January 31, 2010
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This recipe is way off on the amounts of ingredients. There is way too much butter which makes the cookie spread. I had to cut the first batch out of the oven with a pizza cutter. It makes an ugly flat cookie that breaks apart when you oick it up. However, the flavor is outstanding! If only I could figure out how to make them retain a reasonable cookie shape. I even refrigerated the dough for a day and they still spread too much. And the yield is almost double.
By gemsbyemily_125...
Laguna Beach, 43
on January 20, 2010
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THis recipe is really delicious and a must for chocolate lovers, but is definitely misleading. This recipe is not "easy" as the level claims. It is a time-consuming process. Well worth the effort, but it is more involved than "easy" implies!
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