Piquant Mocha Cookie Bars

Recipe By:
Catherine
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  • Total Time 70 min Ico-add
  • Yield 30 Bars
  • Level Easy

Featuring just a touch of a pleasant pungent taste, these piquant mocha cookie bars are wonderful morning dunkers; or, eat them as a stand alone snack later in the day.
 

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • 2 tablespoons coffee liqueur
  • 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla flvoring
  • 1 cup semisweet/dark chocolate chips
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Directions

  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare two sheet pans with butter or cooking spray.
  2. 2. Sift the flour, baking powder, pepper and salt into a small bowl.
  3. 3. Heat the raisins with the coffee liqueur in a small saucepan over low heat.
  4. 4. Melt the chocolate with the butter in a double boiler over barely simmering water. Set aside to cool.
  5. 5. Beat the eggs and sugar in a large bowl until creamy. Beat in the melted chocolate and vanilla. Beat in the dry ingredients, followed by the raisin mixture and the chocolate chips.
  6. 6. Drop tablespoons of the dough about two inches apart on to the prepared cookie sheets.
  7. 7. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until set but still slightly soft.
  8. 8. Cool in the pan until the cookies firm slightly then transfer them to wire racks to finish cooling.