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Chocolate Cookies With Espresso Ganache

Chocolate Cookies With Espresso Ganache Recipe

These cookies are a little labor intensive, but oh so worth it and decadent. This recipe came from a magazine a few years ago. These are a good cookie for cookie exchange. They will hold up to the shipping. The prep time includes refrigeration.
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Prep Time 3 hrs
Cook Time 10 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 30 cookies
Calories 105.6 kcal

Ingredients
  

Cookies

  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Ganache

  • 3/4 cup whipping cream
  • 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
  • 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, very finely chopped
  • icing sugar, for dusting

Instructions
 

  • Cookies:
  • Blend together flour, espresso powder and salt. Set aside.
  • Beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes).
  • Add egg and beat for 2 minutes. Add vanilla and mix.
  • Stir in cocoa powder until just blended.
  • Slowly add flour mixture, mixing until just combined.
  • Scrape dough onto work surface and divide into two. Form each into disk; cover with plastic and refrigerate for 2 hours.
  • Preheat oven to 325°F; line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper, set aside.
  • Remove 1 disk from fridge and between sheets of parchment, roll out dough to thickness of about 3/16 x 10 inches.
  • Cut out dough using a 2-inch fluted rectangular cutter.
  • Place cookies on prepared sheets.
  • Bake 8 - 10 minutes. Cool.
  • Ganache:
  • In small pan combine whipping cream and espresso. Bring just to boil.
  • Remove from heat, and add chopped chocolates, whisk until smooth.
  • Chill 1/2 hour.
  • Spread about 1 tsp ganache onto bottom of each cookie, top with another cookie.
  • Dust with icing sugar.
  • NOTE: I usually double the ganache! I find that we like more filling in the cookies. And besides -- it is good right off the spoon, so there alone you need to double -- LOL.

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Nutrition

Serving: 963gCalories: 105.6kcalCarbohydrates: 9.9gProtein: 1.4gFat: 7.3gSaturated Fat: 4.5gCholesterol: 27.4mgSodium: 11mgFiber: 0.8gSugar: 4.5g
Keyword < 4 Hours, Christmas, Cookie and Brownie, Dessert
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