There has been a lot of hype lately about the famous Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe—probably instigated by the Neiman Marcus department store chain since they are celebrating their 100th anniversary. I'd heard the urban myth for years that someone had to pay one million dollars for the recipe. Maybe you've heard a similar story? The Neiman Marcus recipe calls for coffee powder and since I love coffee and coffee-flavored desserts, I really wanted to try it. Here's a photo of my results. These cookies have a darker color than a typical chocolate chip cookie, due to the coffee powder in them. Maybe for that reason, they are baked at the very low temperature of 300°F. for 20 minutes—so that they won't overbrown. The result is an evenly dried-out cookie without the crisp sides and chewy center—the texture that most of us have come to love in a really good chocolate chip cookie. Would I make them again? No! But I might try putting a little coffee power in the Toll House recipe that's on every Nestle package of semi-sweet chocolate chips.
Tags: chocolate chips, coffee powder, cookies