Crown Royal Cookies
Description
Ordinary cookies can be spiced up with a little whiskey. The liquor evaporates but they are left with the whiskey flavor. These should probably be considered an adult treat.
Ingredients
1/2 c. butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. cocoa powder
2 eggs, at room temperature
1 t. vanilla extract
1/2 c. Crown Royal or Crown Royal Maple (or preferred whiskey)
2 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
mini chocolate chips, if desired
Directions
Let the butter and eggs sit out to room temperature, for about 45 minutes.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Cream butter, sugar and cocoa with a hand mixer on low speed. With mixer on low speed, add 1 egg at a time. Add vanilla. Mix in the Crown Royal.
Add in flour, baking soda and salt slowly until combined. Stir in desired amount of chocolate chips by hand, if using. Place 1 T. sized balls 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. (When forming the dough into balls, use white sugar on your hands to help with the stickiness, rather than flour or powdered sugar.)
Bake for 10 minutes; remove from oven; let sit on cookie sheet for 2 minutes; transfer to wire cooling rack.
Wash the cookie sheet under lukewarm water to cool and clean or just use a new cookie sheet before baking the next batch. Repeat until all the batter is used.
**When baking these cookies, the dough will be moist and sticky, but don’t add more flour. It will make the cookies more like a cake consistency if you do.