Course: Cookie, Cookies
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chinese cookie, chinese marble cookies, marble cookies
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 11 minutes minutes
Total Time: 26 minutes minutes
Servings: 24 servings
Calories: 83kcal
Chinese Marble Cookies were a Philadelphia neighborhood bakery staple when I was growing up. Give this marble cookie recipe a try!
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- 2 sticks of butter room temp
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 ¼ cups flour plus another ½ cup flour reserved
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 6 TBS cocoa powder
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a mixing bowl, combine butter and sugars and mix until smooth.
Add in vanilla and eggs and mix until blended.
Add in 1 ¼ cups flour, sprinkle salt and baking soda over-top and mix until smooth.
Divide dough in half. add remaining ½ cup of flour to one half and mix until blended.
Add the cocoa powder to the other half and mix until blended.
Scoop the "vanilla" dough into balls using a small cookie scoop (fill scoop a little less than full) and place on a piece of parchment paper.
Do the same with the chocolate dough.
Take one of each, press them together, flatten them down into a fat disk and roll edges liberally in the chocolate jimmies.
Place onto a parchment paper lined lined baking sheet, one inch apart (I usually fit 7 per sheet).
Bake 11 minutes or so or until done to your liking. You don't want edges to brown.
Allow them to cool on tray for a couple minutes and then using a cookie spatula, transfer them to a cooling rack until completely cool.
Store in a cookie jar or airtight container and enjoy!
Serving: 24cookies | Calories: 83kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Trans Fat: 0.004g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 50mg | Potassium: 41mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 22IU | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg