DECEMBER 16, 2008 12:34AM
Rate: 10
a gift for yourself, cookies and espresso
Like the really chocolaty brownies, these taste even better the second day. Be sure to store them in a tin. That way the edges stay crunchy and the center fudgy.
This recipe is inspired in part by Francois Payard's Flourless Chocolate Cookies and a top dog secret recipe from the pastry chef at The Beverly Peninsula Hotel who gave it to Lulu and Phoebe.
Lulu & Phoebe’s Flourless Chocolate Espresso Cookie
Makes about 12-15 cookies. You can make them smaller and the yield will be larger. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. You will bake them at 325 degrees.Equipment
- Big bowl.
- Wooden spoon.
- Measuring thingies.
- Baking sheets with parchment or silpats.
- A great big mesh strainer for sifting.
- Whisks.
- A mixer: stand or handheld.
- Baking sheets with parchment or silpats.
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Ingredients
- 4 large eggs, whites only
- ½ tablespoon of vanilla
- ½ tablespoon freshly made espresso or dark coffee
- 2 ¾ cups powdered sugar
- ¾ cup of Valrhona or Droste unsweetened cocoa (available at Whole Foods)
- pinch of salt
- 1/8 cup of finely ground espresso beans (ground for an espresso machine)
- 8 oz. of chopped toasted pecans
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Separate the eggs and set aside the yolks for something else. Whisk the egg whites, the vanilla and the espresso in a measuring cup or other small bowl (see photo). Set aside.
whisk the liquid stuff together
Sift the powdered sugar through the strainer into a large bowl. Next sift the cocoa into the same bowl. Do the same with the ground espresso. Add the pinch of salt. Whisk (careful or it will create a cloud) together the dry ingredients (see photos). 
sifting powdered sugar
sifting cocoa
sifting in ground espresso
whisk the sifted ingredients together
Pour in the liquid and using a whisk attachment on the stand mixer, mix on low until incorporated. Turn it up to medium and whisk for a few minutes until glossy-ish (see photos).
pour in liquids
mix until glossy
Mix in the nuts with a wooden spoon. The dough will be stiff (see photo).
mix in nuts with a wooden spoon
Using almost a quarter cup scoop, place about 5 scoops on one cookie pan lined with parchment or silpats. Do the same with another cookie sheet (see photo). Although dough will spread, flatten with a fork prior to baking.
cookie dough on silpat
Place in oven, two sheets at a time. Turn oven down to 325 degrees. Bake about 10 minutes and rotate cookie sheets. Bake about 6-7 minutes more or until the tops slightly crack. They will look darker in the center (see photo).
cooling cookies
Let them cool on the cookie sheet. When really really cooled (not warm!) peel them off the silpat or parchment and turn upside down on a rack to continue to cool and dry.Store in a tin for best cookie keeping. These taste better the second day. They will be crispy on the edges and very chewy in the center.
Notes: You have to sift the dry ingredients or risk lumps in the batter. It takes just a few minutes to get it through the strainer. Use a spoon or tap the edges against the bowl. Feel free to leave out the nuts or use another kind. Just be sure they are lightly toasted and chopped. Absolutely be sure to use parchment because these will stick, even on a silpat. You have to gently peel them off once they are cool.
ready to eat
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Comments
Ooooh...I can't wait to try these! I even have a sifter (I'm that old - they were common in the old days) and always have Droste in the pantry. Yummmmmm...
And I just got a steel conical burr coffee grinder that does expresso grind. I am so going to make these!
Glad you like them! Enjoy!
yummy, these look good
Now this is what I call a pick me up delight. Nothing better than a double shot of espresso to get me going again in the mid-afternoon.
This is a keeper recipe! Thanks....
This is a keeper recipe! Thanks....
Lovely, but where are Lulu and Phoebe's Lulu and Phoebe cookies?
Mmmmmm! They look really good! =o) Especially as I love the marriage of coffee and chocolate.
Okay (Lulu and Phoebe, I apologize, I realize you are a celiac, but I'm a desperate OS attention whore) , Here are two more recipes for Christmas cookies I posted on my blog 12 days ago.
http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=56133
If you are able to eat wheat and nuts, I guarantee you'll like my christmas cookie recipes.
please, just give my blog a five minute visit....
Melissa
Okay (Lulu and Phoebe, I apologize, I realize you are a celiac, but I'm a desperate OS attention whore) , Here are two more recipes for Christmas cookies I posted on my blog 12 days ago.
http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=56133
If you are able to eat wheat and nuts, I guarantee you'll like my christmas cookie recipes.
please, just give my blog a five minute visit....
Melissa
I want to make these tonight but I don't have any espresso beans. :(
I love flourless goodies because then I don't need to fool around with the G.F. baking mix.
P. S. It's official. I am off my diet until January 1st.
I love flourless goodies because then I don't need to fool around with the G.F. baking mix.
P. S. It's official. I am off my diet until January 1st.
I love your image by image recipes ... they make me want to go bake right away!!! and my GAWD ... there is nothing I would trade for my silpats ... agreed?
gmgaston - your bread pudding looks devine (drooling here). Thanks!
Shiral, I will be right over!
Lisa, just use coffee. any kind will do. smoosh it up fine or use instant. no one will know.
irritated mom - I love my silpats. could not live without them. And thanks! One hand in the chocolate, one hand on the camera...poor thing is covered in food.
Mumbletypeg: Lulu and Phoebe actually think chocolate is disgusting, so they won't help with these. Lazy piggies.
Shiral, I will be right over!
Lisa, just use coffee. any kind will do. smoosh it up fine or use instant. no one will know.
irritated mom - I love my silpats. could not live without them. And thanks! One hand in the chocolate, one hand on the camera...poor thing is covered in food.
Mumbletypeg: Lulu and Phoebe actually think chocolate is disgusting, so they won't help with these. Lazy piggies.
oh WOW!! I need flourless recipes!! Thanks
I was wondering if Lulu and Phoebe have a recipe for their own favorite cookies?
Ah, yes they do. I will do that for next week perhaps. It has oats, cheese and other yummies. And keeps forever. Since we are almost out, great timing. Thanks!
Oh, boy! I want that recipe for my own pupcakes.
Yum. Love those crispy edges. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
I have made these cookies before and they are scrumdillupcious!!!! Seeing this gives me the thought to make some yummy cookies today since it is snowing outside! Thanks!!!
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