Mocha Cookie- Just try stopping at one !

Mocha Cookie

A Mocha cookie is an irresistibly crisp and crumbly baked food flavored with the compelling combo of chocolate and coffee!  The flavors of coffee and cocoa complement each other perfectly and the cravings of the taste buds for this combo have led to the invention of many foods and drinks with this combo and mind you this has never failed! So here is one more manifestation of the deadly mocha!  So my recipe for the mocha cookie goes this way…

Equipment Required

Electric Oven

A cookie baking tray( flat tray  Mostly it comes with the oven)

Aluminum foil(  enough to cover the tray)

A container (knead biscuit dough)

Standard Measuring cups

Standard Measuring spoons

Mixer/Grinder

Sieve

A Newspaper

A Spoon

Food Items you Need ( Ingredients)

1 cup All purpose flour

4 tbsp drinking chocolate powder

1 tsp Nescafe Instant Coffee powder

¼ cup sugar

½ cup butter

A pinch of baking soda

Method of Cooking

 Baking

Preparation Time

20 mins

Cook Time

22 mins

How to Make Mocha Cookie ( Directions)

1.       Sieve together all purpose flour, drinking chocolate powder, baking soda on a clean newspaper. 

2.       Powder the sugar in the mixer. 

3.       Melt the butter and pour it into a container. Add sugar and beat till a smooth and homogenous mixture is obtained 


 4. Add the flour mixture and mix it in small portions in the butter-sugar mixture till you obtain smooth dough

Mocha Cookie Dough

  


      5. Shape cookies as desired and place them on a baking tray lined with heat-proof aluminum foil

Mocha Cookie before baking

  

            6.  While you shape the cookies, you can preheat the oven at 200 degrees for about 10 mins. 

            7. Place the cookie tray in the oven and set the timer for 22 mins and oven temperature to 170 degrees centigrade

      8. The cookies will bake in the time set  

           9. Cracks on top of the biscuit will let you know that they have baked well.

         10.  Leave the cookies in the hot oven for about 15 mins after switching it off. This will complete the baking in case it takes a bit longer to cook in your oven 

        11.  Cool the cookies 

         12. Remove the tray from the oven and delicately lift the cooled cookies one by one  

        13.  Your mocha cookies are ready to be served

            A well baked mocha cookie should look as below:

Mocha Cookie( left to right cross section, top & bottom)

Serving

Enjoy your mocha cookies anytime, anywhere!

Some Observations from Experience:

1.       Do not substitute butter for oil or margarine as they will spoil the taste. Butter can be substituted with oil in cakes but not in biscuits.

2.       Many recipes ask you to use ½ tsp soda, but do not do that! That much amount gave a bitter soda taste to my cookies earlier. Just use a pinch of soda. Not more than that.

3.       Preheating oven at 200 degrees Centigrade is very important

Tip from Healthy Brain

This mocha cookie is absolutely harmless ! 1-2 cookies a day is not going to make you fat. So go ahead and enjoy your mocha cookie. I know it will be tough for you but just remember to not do any overeating and don’t forget to exercise the next day! :)