These coffee swirl cookies are a new favorite. I loosely followed this recipe from Sirus House, with a few changes to my personal preference. This post is a quick review – I will definitely be making these again!
Loves
What I loved about these coffee swirl cookies!
- I loved the coffee flavor swirled with a classic chocolate chip. The coffee is rich and a little bitter, balancing out the sweet classic cookie dough.
- These cookies smelled SO good. The house smelled delicious, from browning the butter to the final baking.
- No chill time. I am an impatient, late night baker and despise cookie chill time. I DID have to chill the butter for a few minutes, but otherwise I appreciated not having to chill my dough for hours.
My Adjustments
What I changed from the original recipe
- The Chocolate – I am not a huge white chocolate fan. I find it way too sweet for my personal preference. To replace, I used about 3/4 of a bar of dark chocolate in the coffee swirl dough. For the classic chocolate chip cookie dough, I reduced the amount of chocolate and used semi-sweet chocolate chips instead of milk chocolate bar bits.
- Cookie Size – I can never eat all the cookies I make! To make these cookies easier to share, I prefer to make smaller cookies. I used a medium sized scoop instead of a large one. I’m not sure why, but smaller cookies are always easier to share and disappear much faster!
Next Time
What I would change for next time
- I would probably increase the amount of instant coffee. I am a fan of rich, not too sweet cookies, and I think this would make them even more yummy.
- These cookies were definitely a little more time consuming than my usual. If in a rush, I would swap the base cookie recipe for a quicker one with melted butter (instead of browned butter that needs to cool). I would also do half and half of each dough, instead of scooping small bits until a full scoop. This won’t be as pretty, since there will be less swirl, but would be preferable for a quick batch.
Overall, this recipe was a yummy one and inspired me to develop my own cookie recipe and variations. Stay tuned for those recipes!
Also, in case you missed it. Here are some of my other recent dessert blog posts:
