Rich Chocolate Cookies

Name: Rich Chocolate Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 32 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 130 g Dark chocolate (30g chopped, 100g cubed); 50 g Bread flour; 33 g Butter (cubed); 15 g Fine granulated sugar; 20 g Egg (beaten); 20 g Almonds (chopped); 5 g Cocoa powder; 1/4 tsp Baking powder (about 1.25ml)

Rich cookies made with a high proportion of dark chocolate, offering a deep, mellow flavor.

32 min

Easy

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Ingredients

Dark chocolate (30g chopped, 100g cubed) 130 g

Bread flour 50 g

Butter (cubed) 33 g

Fine granulated sugar 15 g

Egg (beaten) 20 g

Almonds (chopped) 20 g

Cocoa powder 5 g

Baking powder (about 1.25ml) 1/4 tsp

Instructions

Melt chocolate and butter

Place 100g dark chocolate and the cubed butter into a large bowl, set over a bain-marie (about 60C) and stir continuously until completely melted.

Mix in sugar and cool

Add the fine granulated sugar and stir until evenly combined, then cool the mixture to lukewarm (palm temperature).

Add the egg

Add the beaten egg and stir until evenly combined.

Combine the dry ingredients

Mix the bread flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder together, sift them into the chocolate batter, and fold with a spatula until a smooth dough forms.

Fold in nuts and chocolate chunks

Fold in the chopped almonds and the remaining 30g chocolate chunks until evenly distributed.

Shape and bake

Scoop the dough by hand onto a baking sheet and gently press down into irregular flat shapes. Bake in a preheated 180C oven on the middle rack using top and bottom heat for about 12 minutes, then remove. Cool completely and store in an airtight container.