Go ahead and eat these coffee chocolate chip cookies for breakfast, you deserve it! Coffee is typically a morning time drink, after all, so these cookies will fit right into your morning routine. Made with real espresso and luxurious chocolate chips, these cookies are completely perfect. They are sure to become your favorite cookie of all time!
Are coffee cookies high in caffeine?
No, while coffee cookies taste like coffee, they are not high in caffeine. These espresso chocolate cookies only have 2 tablespoons / 10 grams of espresso powder in the batter. This lends a delicious coffee flavor to the entire batch, but when divided out, it only amounts to 1 gram of espresso powder per cookie.
Why this is the best Coffee cookies recipe
- It's quick and easy- There's no long list of ingredients or steps, which makes this coffee cookie recipe easy. This is a very straightforward recipe that anybody can make, regardless of their cooking skill level.
- Rich coffee flavor - These are the best coffee cookie recipe. A wonderful flavor comes through from the espresso powder, as does a fantastic nutty aroma. Enjoying these cookies and coffee on the side is a coffee lover's dream.
- No special baking equipment - There are no extra hoops to jump through. This simple espresso chocolate chip cookie recipe can be made with the simple baking equipment already in your home!
- Detailed, thorough recipe – My step-by-step instructions and photos show you how to make coffee cookies in an easy-to-follow way. Add in the tips and tricks, and you're working with a foolproof recipe.
Ingredient notes
Unsalted butter - Always use unsalted butter in your baking recipes. Room-temperature butter is necessary to make creaming the butter and sugar easier. Check my homemade butter recipe.
Brown sugar - Brown sugar has a lovely and complex depth of flavor. This pairs wonderfully with the coffee flavor in these chocolate chip coffee cookies, making for a rich and delightful bite.
Granulated sugar - Granulated sugar delivers the perfect amount of sweetness to this espresso cookie recipe and offsets the bitterness of the espresso powder.
Egg - The egg helps support the shape and structure of the cookies. Learn more about the role of eggs with my eggs in baking guide.
All purpose flour - Flour gives these chocolate chip espresso cookies their structure. Carefully measure the flour to avoid an overly dense cookie!
Espresso powder - Espresso powder gives these cookies their bold coffee flavor. If you like coffee desserts, make sure to try my espresso brownies as well!
Salt - Salt helps to offset the sweetness in baking recipes.
Baking soda - Baking soda helps give these cookies their rise and texture. If you don't have any on hand, be sure to check out my baking soda substitute guide.
Chocolate chips - Use semi-sweet chocolate chips for this recipe. I recommend a high-quality brand such as Callebaut.
Ingredient quantities
⅔ cup Unsalted butter at room temperature
½ cup Brown sugar
¼ cup Granulated sugar
1 Egg
1½ cup All-purpose flour
2 tablespoons Espresso powder
1 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Baking soda
⅘ cup Chocolate chips
Step-by-step process of making cookies with coffee
These coffee cookies are very straightforward to make, but for the best results, you'll need to be careful not to overmix or overbake them.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugars with an electric hand mixer until pale and fluffy. Then, add the egg, mixing just until combined.
- Combine the flour, espresso powder, salt, and baking soda. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients using a rubber spatula.
- Fold in the chocolate chips. Reserve a couple of tablespoons of chocolate chips so you can place more on top later.
Bake the cookies
- Prepare 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and divide the dough into 10 equal balls using a digital scale or a cookie scooper. Place them onto the parchment paper, leaving enough space between them to spread. Bake 5 cookies per baking sheet.
- Chill the espresso chocolate chip cookie dough in the fridge for one hour.
- Preheat the oven to 347°F (no fan). Bake them for 10 minutes, place more chocolate chips on top, and bake for an additional 5 minutes cook time.
- Remove the chocolate cookies from the oven and allow them to rest for a few minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.
- Sprinkle the cookies with flaky sea salt and serve slightly warm.
Top Tip: This cookie dough must chill before baking if you want to avoid flat cookies. Instead of refrigerating it for one hour, try freezing it for 15-20 minutes.
Flavor variations & Substitutions
Chopped nuts add flavor and texture to cookies. Try this recipe with toasted pecans, like in my pecan chocolate chip cookies.
Some coffee cookie recipes use browned butter to give them a more complex and caramelized flavor, like in my brown butter chocolate chip cookies.
If you're an extreme coffee lover, you'll love these cookies made with coffee drizzled with the coffee glaze from my cardamom cake.
Dietary restrictions
Ingredients can also be swapped to accommodate dietary restrictions from gluten-free to dairy-free. Check out my flour guide and sugar guide to see how you can exchange these common baking ingredients for ingredients that better fit your lifestyle. Additionally, I have an egg substitution guide and butter substitutes that you can reference for swaps.
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