Chocolate Chip Guinness Cookies
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Chocolate Chip Guinness Cookies
Description
These cookies start with simmering Guinness stout and brown sugar together until reduced and syrupy, concentrating the flavors. The dry ingredients, including flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, are mixed separately. Butter, white sugar, and brown sugar are creamed together, then eggs and vanilla are added for moisture and richness.
The dry ingredients and Guinness reduction are combined into the wet mixture, folding in white and dark chocolate chips for a balance of creamy and intense chocolate notes. After forming dough balls, the cookies bake at a low temperature for 12-15 minutes to retain moistness and develop fudgy centers with slightly crisp edges.
These cookies offer a complex chocolate experience enhanced by the stout's subtle bitterness and maltiness, making them a unique variation among chocolate chip cookies.
Ingredients
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- 1 bottle Guinness Stout 12 ounces
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 3/4 cup flour
- 5 Tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 egg large
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Combine the Guiness and 1/4 c. brown sugar in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring for about 15-20 minutes until it has reduced and becomes thick.
- Put the Guiness syrup aside to cool a bit.
- Preheat the oven to 325 F.
- Mix the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt together.
- In a mixer bowl cream the butter with the white and brown sugar until well mixed.
- Add the eggs and vanilla and beat well.
- Add the dry ingredients and the Guiness mixture and mix.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Roll the dough into balls and bake on parchment lined cookie sheets for 12-15 minutes.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 30Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 215 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 215kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 28g | 9% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.4g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 29mg | 10% |
| Sodium | 181mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 108mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 18g | 36% |
| Vitamin A | 207IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 47mg | 5% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.