Dark Chocolate Cottage Cheese Cookies
A deep, dark, chocolate cookie with a surprise ingredient.
Servings 28 cookies
Calories 102kcal
Cost 5
Ingredients
- 1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour, weigh or measure by volume with a light hand (don't pack cups) (170 grams)
- ¼ cup unsweetened extra dark or Dutch cocoa powder (20 grams)
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup small curd cottage cheese (120 grams)
- 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon unsalted butter (75 grams)
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar (65 grams)
- ⅓ cup light brown sugar packed (70 grams)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips (or chunks, as many asy ou want)
- A little powdered sugar for dusting or throw in some white chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with nonstick foil. You can also bake at 350, but it will take a little longer.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the cottage cheese for about a minute. Add the butter and both sugars and beat for another 2 minutes. Reduce mixer speed to low and add egg and vanilla, beating just until mixed.
- With a mixing spoon (or using the lowest speed of a stander mixer fixed with a paddle), gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and stir until incorporated. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Using a tablespoon measure, scoop up dough and arrange balls of dough (they'll be sticky -- not perfectly round) on the baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake on center rack for 10 minutes at 375 or about 14 minutes at 350 until cookies appear set. This could be another 5 minutes. It will depend on the size of the cookies and how cold the dough is.
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool. After about 5 minutes or when the cookies are warm rather than very hot, sift some powdered sugar over them. This covers up the little flecks of cottage cheese.
Notes
Yield is approximate, but you should get between 24 and 30 cookies.
Nutrition
Calories: 102kcal