Arabic coffee is a wonderfully fragrant caffeine pick-me-up. It’s rich, dark, sweet and infused with cardamom. While I had tried Arabic coffee a few times growing up, I came to truly enjoy it when I visited Iraq in 2019. At the hotel where I was staying in Erbil, Arabic coffee was abundant any time of day in the lobby. Sometimes, one of hotel staff would include a piece of wrapped chocolate alongside the cup of coffee. The combination of chocolate and cardamom coffee was heavenly. That heavenly combination inspired these Arabic Coffee Brownie Cookies.
For those who are unfamiliar, Arabic coffee involves grinding coffee beans into a fine powder and then boiling them in a small pot, called della in Arabic. Almost everyone adds cardamom while sugar is optional. Though, from my visit to Iraq, I can tell you that Iraqis love their sugar, so they always add it.
Keep in Mind
- You will need to prep the dry ingredients, chocolate and egg-sugar mixture separately.
- Use good quality dark chocolate. My go-to chocolate brands for baking are Guittard and Ghiradelli.
- Once everything is mixed, you want to move fast and get these cookies in the oven quickly.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup flour
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cardamom
- 1 1/2 tbsp finely ground coffee
- 1 1/4 cup chopped dark chocolate 250g
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 stick
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 tbsp strongly brewed coffee or espresso
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips or pieces for the cookies
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
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Melt the 1 1/4 cup dark chocolate with butter, using the double boiler method or microwave. Set aside.
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Mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, cardamom, coffee powder, and salt. Set aside.
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Beat the eggs and sugar for about 5 minutes, until pale yellow and fluffy.
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Add the melted chocolate and coffee to the eggs. Fold chocolate into eggs until well incorporated. Add the dry ingredients and chocolate chips. Mix.
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Scoop the cookie dough onto a baking sheet and bake immediately. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until only a small portion of the cookie looks slightly gooey.
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These cookies are surely heavenly 💕
They just have the perfect 👌🏻amount of proportion of Chocolate to coffee to cardamom and sugar.
The way they melt smoothly into your mouth with a taste of coffee and chocolate mixed with cardamom with a little crunch of chocolate chips, is absolutely exquisite. An elegant and satisfying dessert that goes very well with your coffee 😉
Thank you for being a taste tester! And thank you for the wonderful description of the cookies. 🙂