Compost Cookies

On January 1, 2015 I picked up a spatula for the first time and never looked back.

In a pinch, substitute 18 grams (1 tablespoon) corn syrup for the glucose. For the coffee grounds in this cookie, we tested the recipe with freshly roasted and ground artisanal coffee from Stumptown as well as with craptastic coffee grounds that you can find just about anywhere. We discovered that it doesn't make a difference what kind you use; the cookie is delicious every time. Just make sure you don't use instant coffee; it will dissolve in the baking process and ruin the cookies. And, above all else, never use wet, sogalicious grounds that have already brewed a pot of coffee. We use Cape Cod potato chips because they aren't paper thin, so they don't break down too much in the mixing process. In a pinch, substitute 18 grams (1 tablespoon) corn syrup for the glucose. For the coffee grounds in this cookie, we tested the recipe with freshly roasted and ground artisanal coffee from Stumptown as well as with craptastic coffee grounds that you can find just about anywhere. We discovered that it doesn't make a difference what kind you use; the cookie is delicious every time. Just make sure you don't use instant coffee; it will dissolve in the baking process and ruin the cookies. And, above all else, never use wet, sogalicious grounds that have already brewed a pot of coffee. We use Cape Cod potato chips because they aren't paper thin, so they don't break down too much in the mixing process.

225 grams (16 Tbsp. or 2 sticks) butter, at room temperature

200 grams (1 cup) granulated sugar

150 grams (2⁄3 cup, tightly packed) light brown sugar

50 grams (2 Tbsp.) glucose

1 egg

2 grams (½ tsp.) vanilla extract

225 grams (1 ⅓ cups) flour

2 grams (½ tsp.) baking powder

1 ½ grams (¼ tsp.) baking soda

4 grams (1 tsp.) kosher salt

150 grams (¾ cup) mini chocolate chips

100 grams (½ cup) mini butterscotch chips

¼ recipe Graham Crust (85 grams or ½ cup; see separate recipe)

40 grams (⅓ cup) old-fashioned rolled oats

5 grams (2 ½ tsp.) ground coffee

50 grams (2 cups) potato chips

50 grams (1 cup) mini pretzels

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