Chocolate spoon cookies

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PRESENTATION

Chocolate spoon cookies are drop cookies in the most literal sense: the dough goes straight from the bowl to the baking tray with two spoons, no rolling pin, no cookie cutters, and no chilling required. The name comes directly from the technique — al cucchiaio means by the spoon — and that's what separates these from pasta frolla, the rolled-and-cut shortbread dough that most Italian biscuits rely on. They work equally well as a breakfast cookie or an afternoon snack, and the whole process takes only a few minutes from start to finish.

The chocolate comes in twice: chips folded into the dough, and chocolate cubes pressed onto each cookie just before baking. Both layers land in every bite, so the surface isn't just decoration — it's a second, distinct hit of chocolate on top of what's already in the dough. Because portioning is the only real technique involved, there's nothing to overthink and no special equipment to dig out.

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INGREDIENTS
Type 00 flour 2.1 cups (250 g)
Sugar 6 ½ tbsp (80 g)
Sunflower seed oil 3 ½ tbsp (50 g)
Whole milk 3.5 oz (100 g)
Eggs 1
Baking powder 2 tsp (9 g)
Dark chocolate chips 2.1 oz (60 g)
Dark chocolate 3.5 oz (100 g) - (cubes)
Preparation

How to prepare Chocolate spoon cookies

To prepare the chocolate spoon cookies, pour the sugar 1 and the egg 2 into a bowl and whisk together.

Add the vegetable oil 4 and the milk 5, then mix again to combine the ingredients. Add the 00 flour 6.

Also add the baking powder 7 and continue mixing 8 until you obtain a homogeneous dough. Add the dark chocolate chips 9.

Fold them in with a final stir 10. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spoon a portion of dough with one spoon and, using a second spoon, slide it onto the sheet 11. Repeat until you have 15 cookies, taking care to space them well as they will expand during baking 12. If necessary, use two baking sheets.

Place a chocolate cube on the center of each cookie 13, pressing lightly to make it adhere to the dough 14. Bake in a preheated conventional oven at 356°F on the middle rack for about 20–25 minutes, until well golden 15. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool completely before serving.

Storage

Store the chocolate spoon cookies in an airtight container for 3–4 days.

Tip

When placing the dough on the baking sheet, leave enough space between each cookie: they will spread during baking. To obtain cookies as uniform in size as possible, try to scoop the same amount of dough each time.

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