The Food Network's Espresso Chocolate Chip Cookies

Made these for our Psi Chi chapter's last Cookies 'n' Cram (name stolen from Clovis West High School's Link Crew's old study group. No one was there at 6:30pm, and our room's door was locked anyway, so I sat in the Psi Chi office and studied by myself. :)

Like the teeny one? lol




This is how Kurtis and I sift our flour without a sifter:






RECIPE (from The Food Network's website:

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons instant espresso coffee powder
• 1 1/2 cups semisweet choc chips

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.

1. Cream butter with sugars using an electric mixer [I just did this by hand] on medium speed until fluffy (~30 seconds).
2. Beat in egg and vanilla extract for 30 seconds.
3. In a mixing bowl, sift together the dry ingredients and beat into the butter mixture at low speed for about 15 seconds.
4. Stir in espresso coffee powder and chocolate chips.
5. Using a 1-ounce scoop or a 2-tablespoon measure, drop cookie dough onto a greased cookie sheet ~3 inches apart.
6. Gently press down on dough to spread out into a 2-inch circle [I didn't make them this big].
7. Bake for about 20 minutes or until nicely browned around the edges.