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the current influenza virus? really bad for writing about food. i mean, thankfully it had no tummy element, but a week later and i'm still all "food? eh." which isn't like me. thankfully i do have a bit of a backlog, but of course being bedridden for a week has also put me a bit behind in both schoolwork and workwork.
but i have a backlog, thankfully.
a couple of weeks ago a coworker was out for surgery, so i mailed him a batch of get well cookies. he likes mocha flavor stuff, i know (he also likes rum raisin ice cream, or so i hear, but that's not very mailable), and i have a great chocolate chocolate coffee flavor cookie recipe, so that's what i did. they aren't the prettiest things in the world, but they're good.
and i so need to post the recipe because it's one of the three that i've been making since i was a teen and have to email my mother to ask for again every single time. which gets embarrassing.
so. melt together 2 oz unsweetened chocolate with 2 T butter and 6 oz semisweet chocolate. in a little bowl, mix together 1/4 c flour, 1/4 t baking powder, and 1/8 t salt. in a large bowl, mix together 2 eggs, 3/4 c sugar, a tablespoon of instant espresso powder (don't scoff! it's great for cookies & buttercream & whatever - i like medaglia d'oro), and a teaspoon of vanilla. mix the cooled chocolate into the eggs mixture, then mix in the dry ingredients. dump in 6 oz of chocoalte chips and 2 1/4 c walnut pieces. put cookie-size globs on a foil lined baking sheet and bake 10-12 min at 350. be very careful not to burn them. let cool at room temp. they're great fresh when the chips inside are still melty, but also great when the chips are solid. mmmmmm.
but i have a backlog, thankfully.
a couple of weeks ago a coworker was out for surgery, so i mailed him a batch of get well cookies. he likes mocha flavor stuff, i know (he also likes rum raisin ice cream, or so i hear, but that's not very mailable), and i have a great chocolate chocolate coffee flavor cookie recipe, so that's what i did. they aren't the prettiest things in the world, but they're good.
and i so need to post the recipe because it's one of the three that i've been making since i was a teen and have to email my mother to ask for again every single time. which gets embarrassing.
so. melt together 2 oz unsweetened chocolate with 2 T butter and 6 oz semisweet chocolate. in a little bowl, mix together 1/4 c flour, 1/4 t baking powder, and 1/8 t salt. in a large bowl, mix together 2 eggs, 3/4 c sugar, a tablespoon of instant espresso powder (don't scoff! it's great for cookies & buttercream & whatever - i like medaglia d'oro), and a teaspoon of vanilla. mix the cooled chocolate into the eggs mixture, then mix in the dry ingredients. dump in 6 oz of chocoalte chips and 2 1/4 c walnut pieces. put cookie-size globs on a foil lined baking sheet and bake 10-12 min at 350. be very careful not to burn them. let cool at room temp. they're great fresh when the chips inside are still melty, but also great when the chips are solid. mmmmmm.