Chocolate Fudge Cookies with Maya

Tengah kelam kabut nak masak for dinner my daughter ask me to make chocolate chip cookie for her. Alamak, mummy baru nak relax kejap.....ok lah, keranamu sayang mummy buatkan juga. Lebih baik kita buat dari beli yang ada di luar sana, pakai barang2 yang ada kualiti, insyallah sedap.
Betul kata orang, kalau kita pakai coklat yang berkualiti, ia akan memberi kesan pada bahan masakan kita. For example, i'm using Cacao Barry, kalau buat Chocolate Cake....meletops!!!! Memang sedap. Begitu juga kalau kita buat brownie, terasa perbezaannya.

 Keluar saja dari oven, budak2 tak sabar nak rasa, and also this is my first time making Chocolate Fudge cookie...resepi boleh refer Joy Of Baking. Ingatkan tak sedap...rupa2nya Yummehhh!!!!



Chocolate Fudge Cookies:

1 cup (115 grams) pecans or walnuts

1/2 cup (60 grams) cake flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon instant espresso powder or instant coffee powder (optional)

1 pound (450 grams) bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped

1/4 cup (57 grams) unsalted butter, cut into small chunks

1 3/4 cups (350 grams) granulated white sugar

4 large eggs, room temperature

1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

1 cup (170 grams) semisweet dark chocolate chips

1 cup (170 grams) white chocolate chips



Instructions:

Chocolate Fudge Cookies: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) and place rack in center of oven. Place the pecans on a baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until lightly brown and fragrant. Let nuts cool and then chop coarsely.

Sift or whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and espresso powder.

Melt the chocolate and butter in a stainless steel bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat and set aside to cool to room temperature.

In the bowl of your electric mixer (or with a hand mixer), beat the sugar and eggs until pale yellow and thick, about 5 minutes. (When you slowly raise the beaters the batter will fall back into the bowl in slow ribbons.) Beat in the melted chocolate mixture and vanilla extract. Fold in the dry ingredients to the chocolate batter and mix only until incorporated. Stir in the chocolate chips and nuts. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate the batter just until firm, about 30-60 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) and place rack in center of oven. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

Drop batter by 1/4 cupfuls (60 ml) onto prepared cookie sheets, spacing evenly. With moist fingers, press batter to form 3 - 3 1/2 inch (8-9 cm) rounds. Bake cookies for about 10 - 12 minutes or just until set. The tops of the cookies will be cracked and shiny. It is important not to over bake these cookies or they will be dry.

Remove from oven and place baking pan on a wire rack to cool. When cookies are firm, remove from baking pan and let completely cool on rack.