Mocha Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Mocha Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yield: Makes 2 maximonster cookies, about 9 inches in diameter; or 10 to 12 6-inch monster cookies; or about 3 dozen 2½-to 3-inch cookies
Ingredients: 1 egg; ½ cup granulated sugar; ½ cup (packed) dark brown sugar; ¼ cup vegetable shortening, at room temperature; 2 tablespoons instant coffee powder (if in crystal form, crush to powder before measuring); ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa, preferably Dutch-process; 1 cup all-purpose flour; ½ teaspoon vanilla extract; ½ to 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts; 1½ cups (9 ounces) semisweet chocolate pieces; ½ teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon salt; ¼ cup (½ stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature

Preparation info

Makes
2
maximonster cookies, about 9 inches in diameter cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mrs. Witty's Monster Cookies

By Helen Witty

Published 1983

About

Coffee enriches the chocolate batter of these deliciously dark cookies, which are studded with walnuts and chocolate chips. A gift-wrapped maxicookie, pushing a pound in weight and upwards of 9 inches in diameter, would be the ultimate gift for any mochaphile.

Ingredients

¼ cup (½ stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
¼ cup vegetable shortening

Vegetarian
Cookies

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F, with an oven rack in the center position. Cover one or more baking sheets with aluminum foil and grease the foil.
In a mixing bowl (using a wooden spoon) or in the large bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and shorten