Double Chocolate Cookies
Measurements:
(Recipe in grams below!)
Cookie Dough
1 cup butter
2/3 cup of packed brown sugar (light or dark)
1/3 cup white/granulated sugar
1 egg
1 tbsp molasses
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 & 3/4 cup of All-purpose flour
2/3 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 & 1/2 cup chocolate chips/chunks (or chopped chocolate bar)
Topping
pinch of flakey sea salt (per cookie)
Why measure in grams?
If you ask any bakery how they measure, most will say they measure in grams. Measuring by weight is more reliable for desserts because some recipes don’t specify if you should pack your ingredients and do not take into account how different people measure their ingredients.
A common mistake people make in measuring ingredients is when measuring brown sugar. Brown sugar is clumpier than normal sugar because it is mixed with molasses. 100 grams of white sugar is equivalent to 100 grams of packed brown sugar—though most people don’t pack their brown sugar the same way, so you will most likely not get the same measurement unless using a scale.
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Measurements in Grams
266 grams butter
130 grams of packed brown sugar (light or dark)
70 grams white/granulated sugar
1 egg (~60 grams)
16 grams molasses
12 grams vanilla extract
220 grams of All-purpose flour
80 grams cocoa powder
8 grams baking soda
4 grams baking powder
200 grams chocolate chips/chunks (or chopped chocolate bar)
Topping
pinch of flakey sea salt (per cookie)
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to convection 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
To start cookie dough, beat room temperature butter in stand mixer/by hand for 2-3 minutes (or until butter turns off-white).
Step 2
Add in brown sugar and white sugar to your butter. Beat the sugar with the butter until the mixture is fluffy (about 2 minutes).
Step 3
Mix in egg until just combined (do not over-mix or cookie will turn cakier).
Mix in vanilla extract and molasses.
Step 4
Add flour, baking soda, cocoa powder and baking powder to form your dough. If using a stand mixer, mix on low. If mixing by hand, use a spatula.
Lastly, add your choice of chocolate (I used a bar and chopped it into chunks).
Step 5
Use a 1/3 cup scoop (approximately 80 grams) (or however much your heart desires) and place a single ball of dough on baking tray. THIS IS YOUR TEST COOKIE! Always start with baking a single cookie, to make sure you didn’t forget an ingredient and/or your oven isn’t too hot (some ovens have hot-spots or cook things quicker/slower than others). This is also a good indicator of how much your cookie will spread.
If your test cookie came out too flat, add a couple more tablespoons of flour. If it is too thick and didn’t spread, add 1-2 tbsp of your choice of milk.
Step 6
Bake cookies for 9-11 minutes (for 1/3 cup scoop).
Step 7
For perfectly circular cookies, use a circular bowl/cup/cookie cutter and swirl around your fresh cookie to make edges clean. Then let cookies sit on tray for about 10 minutes before removing (should be soft & gooey).
Add a sprinkle of flakey sea salt on top of each cookie and you are done!
Step 8
You can eat these fresh and/or put these in the fridge to store up to 10 days!