Fudgy Espresso Cookies
This super easy cookie recipe will quickly become your go-to chocolate cookie. One bowl.
Servings: 30 cookies
Calories: 99kcal
Ingredients
- ¾ cups unsalted butter 6oz of butter
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 heaping tablespoon instant espresso or coffee
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoons salt
- ½ cup sugar for rolling
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large microwave-safe bowl. Stir to cool. Then add cocoa powder, sugar, instant espresso, and molasses to the warm butter. Add egg and vanilla extract. Stir until creamy and smooth.
- Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture: flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir with a whisk to combine. Stir until combined and batter is smooth. Cover mixing bowl with plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes. Feel free to make up to a day ahead.
- To bake. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and cover 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. Pour the ½ cup of granulated sugar into a shallow bowl and set aside.
- Roll cookies into equal-sized balls using the palm of your hands to make smooth round balls. Then roll each ball in the granulated sugar to evenly coat and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart.To make evenly sized cookies, I use a kitchen scale and weigh each dough ball to ensure they are approximately equal. For this recipe, I used 25 grams for each cookie, or just short of an ounce. You can also use a cookie scoop for consistent measurements.
- Bake cookies at 350 for 10-12 minutes.Cookies will puff and begin to crack when they are ready. Allow cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 5-10 minutes so they are firm enough to move. Move to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
The dough needs at least 30 minutes to chill before baking, otherwise, the dough will be difficult to handle, the cookies will spread too much and you will not get the nice crackly crust. Feel free to make the dough a day ahead of baking!
Baked cookies will keep for several days in a covered container at room temperature.
Cookies freeze well for up to 3 months.
Nutrition
Calories: 99kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 97mg | Potassium: 52mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 150IU | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg
