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Mocha-Choco Latte Cookies

My friends named these cookies Mocha-Choco Latte "Will You Love Me Forever" Cookies, due to the fact that they would be sending them to their loved ones in the military overseas... thought it was sweet!

Ingredients:

1 cup butter
1 1/4 cup piloncillo, grated (you can also use dark brown sugar)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon Mexican vanilla
2 teaspoons instant espresso coffee, Bustelo brand
2 cups flour
1 cup uncooked oats
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated Mexican cinnamon
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup dark chocolate chips

Directions:

1. In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat until melted.Remove from heat. Add the piloncillo(or brown sugar), granulated sugar and instant espresso and stir until well combined and smooth. Chill the mixture for 10 minutes.
2. Remove form refrigerator and stir in egg, egg yolk and vanilla. Add the flour, oats, baking soda, salt and cinnamon and mix together. Stir in the white and dark chocolate chips.
3. Line two large cookie sheets with parchment paper. Roll by hand 30 small-sized balls or use a scoop, and place on lined cookie sheets. Chill for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 325º F. Remove cookies from refrigerator and bake for 13 to 15 minutes, or until edges brown slightly.

Note: If you would like, you could sprinkle the tops of cookies with a mixture of 3 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon instant espresso and 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon powder. I sprinkled each cookie as soon as they came out of the oven.

Note: You can make any substitutions that you may need to make on some of the specialty foods I used in this recipe, for example, the piloncillo sugar, the Mexican cinnamon, Mexican vanilla and Bustelo-brand coffee. I have been fortunate to be able to have these items in my pantry on this day. You can use other general-market brands.

Other recipes by Sonia:

Mexican Red Rice
Buñuelos
Chile Relleno with Serrano Shrimp
Tacos al Pastor
Cheesy Chorizo Bread
Flank Steak Tacos
Frijoles Borrachos con Chorizo
Buffalo Chicken Flautas
Chile Garlic Shrimp Kabobs
Avocado Fries
Chicken Enchilada Soup with Chayotes
Dulce de Leche and Chocolate Chip Chimichangas

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Comment by Cerise Gogol on July 31, 2012 at 2:38pm: Wow, so nice of you to share the history behind the cookies and about your abuelita..thank you for your persmission to experiment, I am so glad to have met you, you are a sweet lady. I look forward to trying mas y mas of your recipes! :) Thank you Sonia.

Comment by Sonia Mendez Garcia on July 31, 2012 at 12:55pm: Oh, Cerise...the mint and coconut sounds amazing!! You know if I had had coconut that day, I probably would have added it! LOL!! I would love to try the mint for sure!! Playing with the recipes is how you make it your own and I encourage people to do this....Make it your own!! Have fun!!...and enjoy!

Comment by Sonia Mendez Garcia on July 31, 2012 at 12:53pm: You know, I think maybe they came out more flat because I rolled the dough into balls...usually I take two spoons and just plop them down. My friend Candy works as a baker and I worked with her for many years, just watching her, not baking, and I remember how she would always chill the dough....

Comment by Sonia Mendez Garcia on July 31, 2012 at 12:51pm: Well, I took a basic chocolate chip recipe and added the things that reminded me of Mexico....the cinnamon with the chocolate is a unique flavor to Mexico!! And well, how could it be bad with freshly grated piloncillo and coffee...the coffee reminds me of the times my abuelita Sarita would make us a big cup of Cafe con Leche...mostly leche, of course, hahaha....just came together that way....

Comment by Cerise Gogol on July 31, 2012 at 12:31pm: Also, how did you get yours to come out so flat? Mine are always "chunky" and sort of "peaked" in the middle. Do I need to roll them into balls or use a scoop? Which method do you prefer and what works for you?

Comment by Cerise Gogol on July 31, 2012 at 12:29pm: Sonia, Did you create this recipe or are these cookies popular with the Hispanic culture? They are just perfect, I've never had any recipe come out so good before. I was thinking of adding mint candy of some sort, either the mint M&Ms or andes mints. Do you think the mint flavor would go well? I also was thinking of using a coconut flavor instead of vanilla, just to see what would happen. Do you think these would be good ideas? The cookies are fabulous with the original recipe, but I JUST LOVE playing in the kitchen with recipes. I am not trying to make it better, because that's not possible, but just wanted to make a variety of different ones so when I make a platter for a holiday or something there can be more than one kind :)

Comment by Sonia Mendez Garcia on July 29, 2012 at 10:07pm: Thanks again Cerise for your kind words...this really made my night!!!

Comment by Sonia Mendez Garcia on July 29, 2012 at 10:01pm: Oh Cerise, this makes my heart soo happy!!! My husband Richard loves chocolate chip cookies and with the extra special ingredients, how could I go wrong! Hahha...I am soo happy you are enjoying this recipe....There is nothing more satifying than to take a little extra time and effort to cook and bake the foods we love! Well done, please share a picture with us the next time you make them, ok....saludos!!

Comment by Cerise Gogol on July 29, 2012 at 9:55pm: These cookies are the most delicious cookies I've ever had. Everyone loves them. Since my mom showed me this recipe I have baked these 3 times in the past month, and everyone raves about them. I had to switch up the recipe once because I ran out of dark chocolate and only had white chocolate, but everyone still loved them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! These are so fun to make, especially using all the original ingredients. I went to the local mexican store and purchased the canela molido and piloncillo (and a grater after using a knife the first time I made them). WoW! Fantastic recipe, I'll definitely be baking these for every occasion birthday Christmas todos! Salud! y gracias for the recipe!