Mechelles Chocolate Cookies Recipes

CHOCOLATE-MERINGUE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 175 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Sift 1/4 cup of cocoa over the meringue, and fold so that streaks of cocoa remain.
• Fill a pastry bag fitted with a tip of your choice (we used an Ateco #5 star tip); pipe out cookies in small coils or desired shapes onto baking sheet. Sift remaining cocoa over cookies; bake until cookies lift off parchment easily, about 2 hours.

MEXICAN HOT-CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Scrape down side of bowl. Add eggs and beat to combine. With mixer on low, gradually add flour mixture and beat until combined.
• In a small bowl, combine remaining 1/4 cup sugar, cinnamon, and chile powder (if using). Using heaping tablespoons, form balls of dough and roll in cinnamon-sugar mixture. Place, about 3 inches apart, on two parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake until cookies are set in center and begin to crack, about 10 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Let cookies cool on sheets on wire racks 5 minutes, then transfer cookies to racks to cool completely. (Store in an airtight container, up to 1 week.)

CHOCOLATE MERINGUE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Combine egg whites, cream of tartar, and vanilla. Beat until the whites form soft peaks. Slowly add sugar; beat until stiff peaks form, and mixture becomes glossy. Fold in cocoa and chocolate chips.
• Drop mixture by teaspoonfuls on to a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes.

MICHELLE OBAMA'S WINNING CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream butter, vegetable shortening, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. On low speed, beat in flour, baking soda and salt. By hand, stir in white and milk chocolate chips, mint chips and walnuts. Drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto un-greased baking sheets. Bake at 375°F for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

DEATH BY CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Prepare a grill for indirect heat. If using a charcoal grill, build the hot coals on one side only. If using a gas grill, heat one side only to medium-high heat.
• Whisk together the butter, both sugars, vanilla and salt in a large bowl. Whisk in the baking powder, baking soda and chocolate pudding. Add the eggs, one at a time, using a wooden spoon to mix well after each addition. Stir in the flour, chocolate chips and pretzels.
• Lightly spray a 1/2-cup measuring cup with cooking spray. Fill the measuring cup with dough, pressing it in until the dough takes on a biscuit shape. Unmold the biscuit into a cast-iron pan and repeat with the remaining dough until you have 8 cookies.
• Place the skillet over indirect heat, close the grill and bake, about 30 minutes (see Cook's Note).
• Remove the pan from the grill and sprinkle the cookies with flaky sea salt. Serve with scoops of frozen whipped topping.
• (Alternatively, you can bake these in a 350 degrees F oven for 25 to 30 minutes.)

MEXICAN CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine the flour, cocoa, soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Mix thoroughly with a whisk. Set aside. Combine the sugars in a small bowl and mix well with fingers pressing out any lumps. (Process in a food processor if lumps are stubborn).
• In a medium mixing bowl, beat butter and margarine until creamy. Add sugar mixture, cinnamon, peppers, and vanilla. Beat on high speed for about one minute. Beat in egg white. Stop the mixer. Add the flour mixture. Beat on low speed just until incorporated. Gather the dough together with your hands and form it into a neat 9 to 10-inch log. Wrap in waxed paper. Fold or twist ends of paper without pinching or flatting the log. Chill at least 45 minutes, or until needed.
• Place oven racks in the upper and lower third of the oven preheat to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
• Use a sharp knife to slice rounds of chilled dough a scant 1/4-inch thick. Place 1-inch apart on prepared baking sheets. Bake 12 to 14 minutes. Rotate baking sheets from top to bottom and front to back about halfway through. Cookies will puff and crackle on top, and then begin to settle down slightly when done. Use a metal spatula to transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool. Allow cookies to cool completely before storing or stacking. Store in an airtight container up to two weeks, or freeze up to 2 months.

MECHELLE'S CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease or butter cookie sheets.
• In a small bowl, toss together almonds, bittersweet, semisweet and milk chocolate pieces, and oats; set aside. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Stir in the flour mixture until just blended; Mix in oats, nuts, and chocolates. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire racks to cool completely.

MICHELLE OBAMA'S WHITE AND DARK CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°.
• In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream butter, vegetable shortening, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• On low speed, beat in flour mixture.
• By hand, stir in white and milk chocolate chips, mint chips and walnuts.
• Drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake at 375° for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

MICHELLE'S PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350.
• Cream butter, peanut butter and all sugars.
• Add egg, vanilla and mix well.
• In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients, then blend slowly into the peanut butter mixture.
• Shape into balls (you can use your tablespoon), roll into sugar and place on cookie sheets and flatten slightly with glass bottom.
• Bake for about 10 minutes or until cookies are set. Do not let them brown.

EMILY LUCHETTI'S CHOCOLATE CHIP MERINGUE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment.
• In bowl of a standing mixer fitted with whip attachment, beat egg whites on medium speed until airy and peaks start to form. Slowly add sugar, a tablespoon at a time, and turn speed to high. Beat until stiff and shiny, another 5 minutes.
• Fold in chocolate chips, cocoa powder, vanilla extract and salt.
• Drop by heaped tablespoons or scoop onto baking sheets, about 1 inch apart. Cookies will not spread when they bake. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, until the outsides are dry and you can lift the cookies from the parchment. They will lift off more easily once cool. Store in an airtight container.