For today's theme, «Christmas Cookies / Bars», I decided to make hot
cocoa cookies because nothing warms me up more during the cold holidays than hot cocoa.
Not exact matches
Don't forget to leave him some hot
cocoa instead of milk on the side,
because he also happens to know that these
cookies are great served with hot chocolate.
The second reason why these are called hot chocolate
cookies is
because they're also amazing served with hot
cocoa on the side for dipping and dunking.
I added a half cup more date paste than usual with my
cookies,
because I wanted to make sure they were still soft, and to balance out the sight bitterness of the dark
cocoa powder.
If a recipe calls for
cocoa powder, unfortunately, it's usually not a good idea to swap in cacao — your brownies,
cookies, or chocolate cake will come out with a different consistency and flavor,
because cacao and
cocoa are processed differently.
But a chocolate coconut flour
cookie is easier
because of the addition of
cocoa powder, which adds a natural starchiness to the dough.
I kept seeing tweets, instagrams, and fb posts about National Donut Day today, and it quickly solved my indecision about what to do in the kitchen (I was debating between coconut flour mini pizzas,
cocoa cashew
cookies, and macaroons...) I made a very small batch
because (1) I didn't know how they'd turn out, and -LSB-...]
With big chocolate chunks wrapped in an intense chocolate dough, these
cookies should actually be called triple chocolate
cookies because they have three types of chocolate:
cocoa powder and melted baking chocolate in the batter, and over-sized dark chocolate chunks that melt into creamy pockets of heaven.
of course
because could it really be Christmas without pounds of fudge, Christmas
cookies, Rudolph cupcakes, Christmas blondies, hot
cocoa, truffles and candies?
So I attempted this recipe
because my friend just found out she can't have gluten and I wanted to make her treats, I added a tbsp of dark
cocoa powder, 1/2 tbsp of red dye, and used white chocolate chips to make a red velvet
cookie...