comment icon 1177 more comments Especially thick, soft-centered, crispy-edged, dark, rich, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate cookies. Laced with espresso powder and with a snowy sprinkle of cardamom sugar on top (optional, but such a wintery treat). They are truly remarkable. So put some in your pockets before they’re gone. The larger size of the cookie also helps achieve that perfectly thick sunken soft middle. The kind you just want to curl up in, the kind that pull apart at each craggy little crack. The kind that makes you think, “Maybe I should eat just one of these”, but you know it will probably be two. Or ten. Also, with a little bit of settling on the pan after you pull them out of the oven, not only will you have soft chewy middles but you also get those nice crispy little edges. That tiny crunch in each bite. And, yes, it’s all a part of the same cookie but it just tastes different, you know? The oven crisp edge with the melty fudgy center… HELLO IS THIS A DREAM COOKIE OR WHAT? Honestly tearing up just writing about it. And if you want JUST TWO HUGE CHOCOLATE COOKIES for a smaller-batch treat of this same caliber, you already know I’ve got that ready for you.
Ingredients For This Chocolate Cookie Recipe
Cardamom is interesting because you can’t exactly place it, but you can tell when it’s not there. It’s just slightly warmer, a tinge of something special, a little Christmasy speckle on your palate. It is certainly not required to make these cookies delicious, they are unbelievable with or without, but it really is worth a try. And let’s be serious here, you’re going to wind up making batch after batch of these on repeat, so why not dust one batch with this wintery spice? To make the rest of the magic happen, you’ll want to gather up:
your cookie basics: butter, brown sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda, salt vanilla cocoa powder extra sugar for rolling cardamom (optional) espresso powder (also optional, but let’s be fun)
A warm heart? A festive spirit? A readiness to chomp chocolate cookies for the rest of your holiday days? Also on the list.
How To Make Chocolate Cookies (Three Steps)
It’s hard to choose what to love most about these cookies, but the fact that they’re a real mix & bake, no-fuss kinda situation certainly makes the list!
Tips For Making These Cookies
Splurge for good cocoa powder (if feasible) – Dutch process cocoa powder or dark cocoa powder especially makes really dark, rich, delicious cookies! Go for the cardamom sugar – the recipe says it’s optional, but the cardamom creates such a lovely, subtle warming, flavor that just really takes these up a notch. Freeze the baked cookies or dough – these are great ready-to-eat out of the freezer, or you can freeze before baking. I’d just make sure you roll the cookie dough balls prior to freezing. Let these cool completely before handling them – they are very delicate and can break easily. If you’re traveling with them to a holiday party, I’d line each layer in the container with parchment so they don’t stack directly on top of each other.
We’re feeling all the feelings these days. Admittedly, the Christmas music is already playing and we’re so ready for things to be glowy and merry and bright. We’re so ready to keep our stand mixers busy and our rolling pins dusted because there’s nothing quite like deep chocolatey cookie smells swirling through the air and your home being filled with the extra warmth from the oven. Merry, merry indeed. Happy cookie-making!
More Delicious Cookie Recipes
The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies (classic and so tasty!) Favorite Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (brown sugar caramely goodness – what a treat!) Old-School Homemade Oreos (retro and fun) Strawberry White Chocolate Cookies (a fun and unexpected cookie combo!) Soft Gingerbread Cookies with Maple Glaze (another holiday cookie fav)
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4.8 from 947 reviews If you find the dough is very sticky, or if you aren’t getting the slightly puffed centers like you see in the photos, try adding a tablespoon more flour to the remaining dough.
