
I have been collecting recipes from magazines for about 10 years now. I have many dessert recipes that call for 'instant espresso powder' - cookies, biscotti, creme brulee, cheesecake, pudding - lots of recipes that I've never tried. I could never find instant espresso powder in the grocery store, never saw it in Williams-Sonoma or The Gourmet Chef. This past holiday season, SP found it in the Strip. I was so excited when he came home with it. I can now indulge myself and make all those fabulous sounding dessert recipes I cut out and saved.
So far, we've used it to make Cappuccino Pizzelles and Cappuccino Biscotti. Last weekend, we made Chocolate Chip Cookies with Espresso & Cinnamon.

These are basically chocolate chip cookies with instant espresso powder and cinnamon added.
2.25 cups all purpose flour
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
0.5 tsp salt
1.5 cups packed golden brown sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 large egg
4 tsp instant espresso powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 (6 oz) package semi-sweet chocolate chips (about 1 cup)
1 (6 oz) package milk chocolate chips (about 1 cup)
1 cup walnuts, toasted, chopped
While SP was showering, I gathered all the ingredients.

Things started smelling yummy as soon as I whisked together the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Mmmm cinnamon. SP used the mixer to combine the sugar, butter, egg, espresso powder, and vanilla. Mmmm espresso smell. He beat in the dry ingredients and stirred in the chips. The dough was so tasty that I was even sampling the raw cookie dough, something I never do.





Cinnamon makes everything taste better, I swear. Well, not everything, but baked goods for sure!
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