The Big Kahlua Vanilla Cookies

Kittencalskitchen's Note:

These are a bake shop quality cookie--- I have never tried it, but I think you could replace the Kahlua for a tablespoon of pure vanilla extract and vanilla chips for chocolate:)

• Total Time: 4 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 4 hrs
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 14 cookies

• 2 cups flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ¾ cup melted butter
• 2 -4 tablespoons Kahlua
• 1 cup brown sugar , firmly packed
• ½ cup white sugar
• 2 egg yolks or 1 egg , slightly beaten
• 2 cups vanilla chips (or chunks)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Grease a foil-lined cookie sheet.
3. Sift flour, baking soda and salt.
4. Melt butter (don't let it get cool), add Kahlua.
5. Add sugars and beat well; add egg yolks, beat until very well blended.
6. Mix in flours on low speed until just blended.
7. Add vanilla chips or chunks.
8. Cover and chill for of 4 hours.
9. Drop by very heaping tablespoonfuls onto greased sheet, leaving 3" space between cookie dough.
10. Bake for 10-12 minutes, (I use a convection oven), or until cookies are brown around the edges and baked to desired doneness.
11. Note: Do not store the cookie dough in the freezer for later use, as it will upset the texture).

Reviews

[muffinlady]

Thiis is an exceptionally good tasting cookie. I used 1 Tbs. pure vanilla in place of the Kahlua since I wanted a cookie and not candy I used 2/3 cup choc chips and 1/3 cup white choc chips.

[Sarah_Jayne]

These were probably the best cookie I made for my cookie plates this year. I used regular chocolate chips instead of white chocolate and they turned out wonderfully well. I will be making these again for certain. *added December 2009: This is my third year doing these and this year I struck the perfect balance by using both white and milk chocolate chunks..yummy!. I ended up blogging about them on my weekendcarnivore.com food blog.

[JenniOros]

Amazing! Instead of the vanilla chips/chunks, I added 1/2 cup Heath toffee pieces and 1/2 cup chopped walnuts because I had them on hand from something else I made. This is a great cookie. Wonderful consistency and flavor, very easy recipe ... This will become a standard in our house for sure. Thank you for sharing!