Cookstove Cookies
Baking cookies on a cookstove! We can’t think of anything more perfect. This recipe makes for some great soft-style cookies and was recommended to us by a friend.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar, light or dark, packed
- 1/3 cup Dutch-process cocoa; King Arthur All-Purpose Baking Cocoa is a good choice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons milk (optional, if you add chips/nuts/fruit)
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon espresso powder, optional; for depth of flavor
- 2 cups chips, nuts, and/or dried fruit (optional)
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease two baking sheets, or line with parchment.
2. Beat together the butter, sugars, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and vanilla until well blended.
3. Add the egg, beating until smooth. Scrape the sides of the bowl, and beat again until smooth. If you’re going to add chips, nuts, or dried fruit, beat in the 2 tablespoons milk; if you’re going to bake plain cookies without add-ins, omit the milk.
4. Add the flour and espresso powder, mixing to combine.
5. Stir in the chips, nuts, etc., if you’re using them.
6. Drop the cookies by the traditional “tablespoonful” (actually about 4 measuring teaspoons) onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing them about 2″ apart. A tablespoon cookie scoop works well here.
7. Bake the cookies for 12 to 14 minutes, until they’ve lost their shiny appearance and look like they’re set. Remove them from the oven and cool right on the pans, or transfer to a rack to cool.
Yield: 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 dozen cookies, depending on add-ins.
Have you tried this recipe? Let us know how it was, and feel free to share some photos of your delicious results!
You can also check out this from by Sarah from Obadiah’s Woodstoves, where she makes her own batch of cook stove cookies:
