The Very Best Chocolate Cookies
These are really the very best Chocolate Cookies! Thick, soft-centered, and crispy-edged. All your basic cookie ingredients here plus dark cocoa powder and ground cardamom to make things extra festive!
Foto: Pinch of Yum — Lindsay Ostrom
Ingredients
- 2 cups unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 1/2 cups brown sugar, loosely packed
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (470 grams)
- 1 cup dark cocoa powder (100 grams)
- 1 -2 tablespoons espresso powder (optional, but recommended if you’re using regular cocoa powder to give the flavor more depth)
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- extra cane or granulated sugar for rolling
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom (optional)
Steps
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Preheat oven to 350. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar until fluffy and light. Add eggs and vanilla, mixing gently until just combined.
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Add flour, cocoa powder, espresso powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix until combined into a soft dough.
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Form into balls (about ¼ cup per cookie / ball). Roll each ball in the extra sugar (mixed with cardamom, if you want).
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Bake for 10-12 minutes (I recommend 6-8 at a time on the baking sheet, so you’ll need to bake in batches). Remove from oven and let them rest – you want the cookies settle down a bit and give you crisped edges with thicker, soft-baked centers.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
Macronutrients
*DV = Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
💰 Cost Estimate
📋 Price Breakdown (27% ingredients detected)
| Ingredient | Amount | Unit Price | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|---|
| unsalted butter | 2 cups | - | - |
| brown sugar | 1.5 cups | - | - |
| eggs | 2 large | - | - |
| vanilla extract | 2 teaspoons | - | - |
| all-purpose flour | 0.75 cups | - | - |
| dark cocoa powder | 1 cup | Rp 8.000/100g | Rp 18.960 |
| -2 tablespoons espresso powder | 1 | Rp 8.000/100g | Rp 8.000 |
| baking soda | 0.5 teaspoon | Rp 8.000/100g | Rp 200 |
| salt | 1 teaspoon | - | - |
| extra cane or granulated sugar for rolling | - | - | - |
| ground cardamom | 1 teaspoon | - | - |
*Estimated market prices, may vary by region
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