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To say I love coffee is an understatement. Every morning, I wake up and the first thing on my mind is, “ugh, gotta go to work, but I get COFFEE.” So sad, isn’t it? Coffee makes it so much easier to get through a workday. Some days, I wish I could have an IV hooked up to me that gave me shots of coffee every 3 hours. I used to not be so bad with coffee – like those caffeine headaches, I thought those were for people who were highly caffeinated every day, like 4-5 cups of coffee a day kind of people, but no, they’re for anyone drinking coffee regularly and I slowly started to realize that I do get those headaches too! I have a threshold of 2-3 hours. If I don’t have coffee within the first 2-3 hours of waking up, I’m so done for for the rest of the day. I’m like useless. I just lay lifelessly in bed and pray my pounding headache goes away. I love coffee so much though that there is no way I could give it up!
I’ve always been OBSESSED with the smell of coffee. When I was in high school, I wanted to work at a bookstore because there was a coffee shop in there. I really wanted to work at Starbucks but I knew I couldn’t handle all those strange coffee orders that some people had. Alas, none of those happened and I ended up working at a BBQ restaurant, haha.
Not only do I love the smell, I obviously LOVE the FLAVOR. If there was anything mocha or coffee flavored, I’d immediately order it. Coffee ice cream is SO good.
The first time I ever had coffee in a cookie was when I made my Anderson Cooper Compost Cookies. I believe that is the cookie that changed my life. The coffee grounds MAKE the cookie. Which is why I came up with this cookie – the cafe mocha. If you love remotely anything about coffee, you will simply adore these cookies. They’re the perfect amount of coffee flavor and they smell so good. I think I ate more batter than I care to admit. It was really hard to resist. I’m a die-hard coffee lover and these cookies hit the spot.
Grab a glass of milk and you could potentially make these a cafe mocha latte cookies? :)
Cafe Mocha Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups (341 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups (330 g) dark brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour
- 2 cups (250 g) bread flour, you may use AP flour instead if you don’t have it on hand
- 4 teaspoons cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ heaping tablespoon coffee grounds, fine or coarse
- 1 cup (180 g) mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F (177 °C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugars for 2 minutes until light and fluffy. Then add in the eggs and vanilla extract and beat for 2 more minutes.1 1/2 cups (341 g) unsalted butter, 1 1/2 cups (330 g) dark brown sugar, 1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar, 2 eggs, 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- In a large bowl, add flours, cornstarch, baking soda, salt, and coffee grounds. Whisk to combine.2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour, 2 cups (250 g) bread flour, 4 teaspoons cornstarch, 2 teaspoons baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 1/2 heaping tablespoon coffee grounds
- Slowly add in the flour mixture and mix until all combined and well-incorporated.
- Using a spatula, fold in the mini chocolate chips.1 cup (180 g) mini chocolate chips
- Bake for 11-13 minutes. They will look super soft but they continue cooking after you remove them from the oven.
- Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before you move them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container.
I would love one of these for breakfast!!! Or with a scoop of ice cream. ;)
Yes yes yes! Can’t wait to try this out. =)
Wow! These need to happen in my kitchen very soon! When I was in University I had to have my chocolate covered coffee beans ;-) these would have been a million times better!
You know I love these :-)
So since that has coffee in it- I can make them for breakfast right?? I love how big and puffy they are! Bread flour does amazing things in cookies!
These cookies are really good! The coffee and chocolate flavor are such a great combo.
I’m hopelessly and happily addicted to coffee. Love the taste, smell, and effects, so why quit a good thing? lol. I’m a huge fan of coffee in my desserts, and I love how fluffy and fat these mocha cookies look. Can’t wait to try them with a big glass of milk…or with my coffee at breakfast!
I get those headaches if I have one small bottle or can of caffeinated soda so I try to avoid it but I do love most things coffee flavored and omg we should’ve paired your cookies with my ice cream (and Tracey’s cupcakes!) coffee goodness all around.
Coffee in a cookie is the perfect pairing. These are gorgeous too!
Holy Mocha these look good. I started to realize that I was way too depended on coffee a couple of years ago and gave it up…. and when I say gave it up I mean I only drink it like twice a month now. But coffee in cookies, ice cream and cake totally don’t count.