Chocolate Brownie Crinkle Cookies

I turned one of my earlier Brownie recipes into a cookie! To be honest, these were inspired by the many versions of the same on Instagram lately, and for fear of missing out, I followed suit. Henceforth known as #fomocookies.

These are quick to make too!

Makes 20 – 22 cookies

Ingredients

300g dark chocolate (70% best chocolate, I used Valrhona), chopped
160g unsalted butter, cubed (I use Westgold)
145g plain flour
1 tablespoon finely ground instant coffee powder
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
200g brown sugar
50g caster sugar
2 eggs (about 55g each)
1 tablespoon water
Salt flakes, for sprinkling

Instructions

Place the dark chocolate and butter into a medium sized heat-proof bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water.
Heat on a medium-low heat, stirring often, until melted and smooth. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.
In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, coffee powder, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk the brown sugar, caster sugar and eggs on medium speed, until thick, doubled in volume, and light caramel in color (about 4 minutes). Add in the melted and slightly cooled dark chocolate. Continue to whisk until well incorporated. You may have to scrape down the sides of the bowl.
Set the mixer speed to medium and add in the dry ingredients. Whisk until just combined, then, add in the water. Continue to whisk until homogenise. The dough should be fluid, and form a thick flowing trail when the whisk is lifted. Remove the bowl from the stand mixer and set it in the fridge to chill for at least 15 minutes, or up to an hour. (Not any longer or it will be too hard to scoop.)
Meanwhile, preheat the oven temperature to 180 degrees Celsius. Line three large baking trays with baking paper.
Using a small cookie scoop, scoop the dough evenly onto the prepared cookie sheets. The dough should be soft but will hold its shape when being scooped. If not, leave in the fridge for a further 15 minutes. Place 6-8 scoops on each cookie sheet with plenty of room to spread. Drop the sheets against the kitchen bench to slightly flatten the cookies. Sprinkle over a little of the flaked sea salt.
Bake the cookies for a total of 11 minutes. To make crinkles (method is according to Sarah Kieffer), you’ll have to do the following steps:

Set a timer for 11 minutes of baking. Place sheets in.

After 5 minutes, rotate the cookie sheet half-way around. Lift and drop the sheet against the oven rack to deflate the cookies. A small circle of crinkles should be visible on the outer edge of the cookies. Close the oven door and allow the cookies to rise again.

2 minutes later, again lift and drop the tray against the oven rack to deflate and further crinkle the cookies. They will be very visible (I was so excited when I saw these!) Bake for another 2 minutes.

Repeat one more time of lift and drop, and bake one last 2 minutes.
The cookies should be flat with plenty of crinkles. They should be just firm around the edges and set in the middle.

Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool on their trays for 10 minutes, then to a wire rack to cool further.