Chocolate Rads
With tons of great recipes, it's hard to tell which might be the best Christmas cookie recipe ever, but Chocolate Rads should be nominated! These wonderful chocolate and coffee cookies taste and look great. They'd be a nice dessert for Christmas too.
Ingredients
- 1 pound bittersweet (not unsweetened) chocolate, chopped or semisweet chocolate
- 1/2 cup cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 large eggs
- 2 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, (1/2 stick), melted, (about 14 oz.)
- 1 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, (about 4 oz.)
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder or instant coffee powder
Instructions
- Melt 1 pound chocolate in top of double boiler over simmering water, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat. Using electric mixer, beat sugar and eggs in large bowl until pale yellow and thick, about 5 minutes.
- Beat in melted chocolate, melted butter, vanilla and espresso powder. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into small bowl. Stir dry ingredients into chocolate mixture. Mix in chocolate chips and nuts.
- Refrigerate mixture until firm, about 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line 2 large cookie sheets with parchment paper. Drop batter by 1/2 cupfuls onto prepared cookie sheets, spacing evenly.
- Press with moist fingertips to form 3 1/2 to 4 inch rounds.
- Bake cookies until tops become dry and crack, about 16 minutes. Cool cookies on parchment.
- Remove from parchment. Cover and store in airtight container at room temperature.