Wordless Wednesday June 6, 2018

2018 Photo Project

Photo #149

 

A quiet afternoon interrupted by

the noisy freight train!

Thanks Sandee for Wordless Wednesday!

And here's the recipe I promised you!

 

Mocha Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup unsalted butter softened

1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup unbleached flour

1/4 cup unsweetened Dutch cocoa

2 Tbl instant coffee powder

(If crystallized crush to a powder) 

1/2 tsp salt

1.2 tsp baking soda

1/2- 3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

1/2  - 1 cup sliced raw almonds

preheat oven to 350F

cream butter with brown sugar and then white sugar

until completely mixed. Add the egg and vanilla and mix

well again.  Sift together the flour, cocoa, coffee powder,

salt and baking soda. Stir into the creamed  mixture

until well blended. Stir in the almonds and chocolate chips.

Drop rounded teaspoonful's onto parchment paper

covered baking sheets. Flatten the mounds slightly with

the heel of your hands or a rubber spatula dipped in sugar.

Bake the cookies for about 12 minutes .  They are done

when they have puffed up and then subsided a bit to 

have a crackled surface.  Cool the cookies on the paper for

a fewminutes before removing to a wire rack. 

Enjoy!

~~~~