Einkorn Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies

These Einkorn Chocolate Chip Cookies are delicate cookies with crisp edges and soft centres. They are incredibly flavourful and have a sophisticated deep flavour from the espresso powder and coconut sugar. These cookies taste delicious and feel indulgent all while being made with nutritious ingredients like Einkorn flour.

Have you heard of Einkorn flour before? It has become more popular in the last few years. I’ve seen more and more recipe developers use it for both its great taste and its nutritional benefits.

If you’re not familiar with Einkorn flour, it is an ancient grain that is known for its high nutritional content, easy digestibility and lower gluten content compared to modern wheat. (Health information sourced from einkorn.com)

I've been baking with it a lot lately between this recipe and Einkorn Flour Banana Bread and I'm loving it.

If you love baking with Einkorn flour you may also love spelt flour, try out my Spelt Cinnamon Buns, Spelt Pie Crust, Spelt Banana Bread and Spelt Flour Pancakes.

Why You'll Love This Recipe

• Rich flavour from the espresso powder.
• Einkorn lends a nutty and complex flavor to cookies making them extra delicious!
• Makes 18-20 cookies, just enough for a small gathering.
• Make the cookie dough ahead of time and freeze the dough balls so you can have freshly baked cookies anytime!
• Naturally sweetened with coconut sugar instead of refined white sugar.
• Can be made ahead of time. The dough requires at least 2-3 hours of chilling before baking.
• Semi sweet baker's chocolate and optional flaky salt make these cookies feel like bakery quality!

Ingredients

• Einkorn flour - I used whole grain Einkorn flour.
• Unrefined sea salt - my favorite brand is Maison Orphee.
• Coconut sugar - or swap for brown sugar if you prefer.
• Eggs - choose large size! Use the left over egg whites in my sugar free granola recipe.
• Vanilla extract - pick the real stuff if you can!
• Semi-sweet baker's chocolate - or pick your favorite dark chocolate bar.

See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.

How To Make Einkorn Flour Cookies

Here are the step-by-step instructions to make this recipe.

Step 1 & 2: Whisk together dry ingredients and cream together butter and sugar.

Combine flour, baking soda, espresso powder and salt in a small bowl and whisk well.

In a medium-sized bowl, cream together softened butter and coconut sugar (or brown sugar) with a handheld mixer for several minutes until the butter and sugar mixture has turned lighter in colour and is smooth and fluffy looking.

Step 3: Add eggs and vanilla to wet ingredients.

Incorporate one room temperature egg, one egg yolk and vanilla extract.

Step 4: Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until just combined.

Step 5: Add chopped chocolate and chill the dough.

Roughly chop 5 oz of semi sweet bakers chocolate. Set aside approximately 1 oz of the chocolate to use to top the cookie dough balls. Stir in 4 oz of the baker's chocolate to the dough and set the dough in the fridge for a minimum of 2 hours or till next day.

Step 6: Roll the cookie dough balls and bake.

When you’re ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.  Prepare two cookie sheets with parchment.

Roll cookie dough into balls using approximately 2 tablespoon of dough (I weighed each cookie dough ball to 25 grams). Top the dough with 3-4 small pieces of your reserved chopped chocolate.

Bake for 10 minutes. When the cookies look almost set in the middle, remove them from the oven. Sprinkle with flaky salt if desired.

Expert Tips

• Prepare the dough in advance and refrigerate it until it's ready to be rolled into balls, as it needs time to chill before baking.
• If you don’t typically purchase espresso powder and you’re not sure what brand to buy, I purchased Nescafe Gold Espresso Original.
• Measure the flour carefully and accurately. The best way to do this is to spoon the flour into your measuring cup and level it off with the back of a knife.
• If you're using salted butter instead of unsalted butter then decrease the amount of added salt to the dough.
• Use high-quality chocolate and pure vanilla extract. It makes a big difference in flavor!
• Take note that the oven temperature for this recipe is 375 degrees F.
• For a beautiful presentation of the cookies: tap the baking sheet a few times when the cookies first come out of the oven to deflate them and top with flaky salt.
• For perfectly round cookies: place a round cookie cutter (or large drinking glass) that is slightly bigger than the cookies over each individual cookie while they're still warm and move the cookie around in a circular motion until the sides of the cookie are perfectly rounded.

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