Emeril's Mocha Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 29 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 teaspoons instant coffee powder (either mocha or espresso)
• 2 tablespoons hot water
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 lb margarine (2 sticks total) or 1/2 lb unsalted butter (2 sticks total)
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 18 ounces chocolate chips (1 1 /2 bags)
• 1 1/2 cups walnuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 mix instant coffee crystals with water and have ready before mixing up cookie batter.
• 3 mix flour, salt, baking soda, nutmeg and cinnamon and put aside.
• 4 in mixer, beat margarine, sugars, chocolate syrup, and vanilla until smooth.
• 5 add eggs one at a time, beat until smooth, approximately 5 minutes.
• 6 add dry ingredients, coffee mixture, chocolate chips, and nuts and mix by hand with wooden spoon until mixed.
• 7 drop on baking sheet by rounded teaspoons, about 2-inches apart, and bake for 12-14 minutes. cool and eat!