A rich, decadent chocolate cookie with an unexpected contemporary twist. Vancouver’s Beaucoup Bakery & Café brings together childhood favourites and French classics, with some modern twists. Using only high quality ingredients, owner and baker Jackie Kai Ellis creates pastries, cakes, seasonal tarts, cookies and viennoiserie to enjoy in her neighbourhood café or as takeaway.
Courtesy of Jackie Kai Ellis of Beaucoup Bakery.
ingredients
directions
Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
Melt 2 cups of the chocolate in a double boiler or gradually in a microwave, add 1 teaspoon of the rosemary to the melted chocolate to infuse the flavours.
Beat eggs with espresso powder and vanilla extract.
Beat butter with electric mixer at medium speed until smooth and creamy, about 5 seconds. Beat in sugars until combined about 45 seconds; mixture will look granular. Reduce speed to low and gradually beat in egg mixture until incorporated about 45 seconds. Add melted infused chocolate and remaining 1 ½ cups of large chopped pieces in a steady stream and beat until combined, about 40 seconds.
Scrape bottom and sides of bowl with rubber spatula. With mixer at low speed add dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Do not overbeat. Cover with plastic wrap and let stand at room temperature until consistency is scoopable and like fudge, about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, pre-heat oven to 350ºF. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silpat.
Scoop cookies with a small (#24) ice cream scoop. Place 8 cookies on each tray. Sprinkle with remaining rosemary.
Bake, reversing position of the baking sheets halfway through baking (from top to bottom and front to back), until edges of cookies have just begun to set but centres are still very soft, about 10 minutes (check at 5 mins). Cool cookies on sheets about 10 minutes.