This is a recipe I scaled down years ago when I needed a quick thank you gift for a friend who watched our pets. It makes eight giant double chocolate toffee cookies. The cookies are soft, chewy, fudgy and have a lot of chopped up Heath chocolate. I need to post a better photo, but here's the recipe for now.
Eight Giant Chocolate-Toffee Cookies
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
¼ teaspoon baking powder
1/16 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
½ cup bittersweet chocolate chips, (3 oz)
1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, chopped
1 large egg
¾ cup brown sugar (packed)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ounces chocolate-covered English toffee bars (such as Heath), coarsely chopped
¼ cup whole almonds, roasted and chopped
In a small bowl, thoroughly stir together the flour, baking powder and salt.
Place butter and both chocolates in a small microwave-safe bowl. Melt by microwaving on high at 30 second intervals and stirring to distribute heat; Set chocolate aside to cool slightly.
In a mixing bowl, using high speed of an electric mixer or a wire-whisk, beat egg for about 1 minute. Add sugar and whisk for another minute. Beat in chocolate mixture and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture. When flour is incorporated, stir in chopped toffee bars and toasted almonds. At this point, batter will be too loose to scoop properly, so chill batter for one hour to thicken.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat. Drop batter by generously rounded tablespoonfuls onto parchment, spacing 2 ½ inches apart. Bake just until tops are dry and cracked but cookies are still soft to touch, 14-15 minutes. Cool on sheets.
Makes 8 very large cookies
Recipe
Eight Giant Chocolate-Toffee Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour (16 grams)
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 1/16 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (28 grams)
- ½ cup bittersweet chocolate chips (3 oz)
- 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, chopped (28 grams)
- 1 large egg
- ¾ cup brown sugar (150 grams)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ounces chocolate-covered English toffee bars such as Heath, coarsely chopped
- ¼ cup whole almonds roasted and chopped
Instructions
- n a small bowl, thoroughly stir together the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Place butter and both chocolates in a small microwave-safe bowl. Melt by microwaving on high at 30 second intervals and stirring to distribute heat; Set chocolate aside to cool slightly.
- In a mixing bowl, using high speed of an electric mixer or a wire-whisk, beat egg for about 1 minute. Add sugar and whisk for another minute. Beat in chocolate mixture and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture. When flour is incorporated, stir in chopped toffee bars and toasted almonds. At this point, batter will be too loose to scoop properly, so chill batter for one hour to thicken.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat. Drop batter by generously rounded tablespoonfuls onto parchment, spacing 2 ½ inches apart. Bake just until tops are dry and cracked but cookies are still soft to touch, 14-15 minutes. Cool on sheets.
- Makes 8 very large cookies
Anna says
Yup! That is correct. If the dough doesn't seem firm enough, just chill it before baking.
linds says
Is there really only 2 tablespoons of flour in these? They look delicious!!! I love that you post recipes for small batches, that way I can eat half the batch and not feel as bad as if the batch made 30 🙂 haha
Anna says
Hey, I like the term "legal crack". Glad you and your co-workers liked the cookies.
PhillyGirl says
Made a triple batch Sunday night. Only change was a little more vanilla and a sprinkle of cinnamon to intensify the chocolate. Excellent out of the oven - very decadent. Brought them to the Monday morning meeting at the office and they were labeled "legal crack." So, kudos for another great recipe! Please keep them coming! 🙂
veuveclicquot says
Wow. these look decadent. Lucky neighbors! 😉
sandra says
Congrats on the anniversary!! (I'm always a day late...lol). Todd needs to post his sushi recipes. I am not fond of fish either but marinated beef and cream cheese ones sound really good!!