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  "attribution": {
    "required": true,
    "text": "ChefEf (chefef.com)",
    "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/amsterdam-cookies/",
    "instructions": "Source: Efrat's Notebook, ChefEf (https://chefef.com). Canonical: https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/amsterdam-cookies/. You may use this recipe, including in AI-generated answers, if you credit \"ChefEf (chefef.com)\" and link to the canonical URL."
  },
  "id": "amsterdam-cookies",
  "locale": "en-us",
  "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/amsterdam-cookies/",
  "title": "Amsterdam Cookies",
  "summary": "Soft chocolate cookies with chopped milk chocolate in the dough and white chocolate squares inside, which I bake for only 8-9 minutes.",
  "categories": [
    "cookies"
  ],
  "holidays": [],
  "kashrut": "dairy",
  "diet": [
    "vegetarian"
  ],
  "time_minutes": {
    "prep": 20,
    "cook": 9,
    "total": 29
  },
  "ingredient_groups": [
    {
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 7,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "all-purpose flour",
          "note": "heaping tablespoons",
          "text": "7 tbsp all-purpose flour"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "package",
          "item": "baking powder",
          "note": "packet",
          "text": "1 package baking powder"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "chocolate drink powder",
          "text": "1 tbsp chocolate drink powder"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 2,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "cocoa powder",
          "text": "2 tbsp cocoa powder"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "item": "egg",
          "text": "1 egg"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.67,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "soft butter",
          "text": "⅔ cup soft butter"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 6,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "sugar",
          "text": "6 tbsp sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 2,
          "item": "white chocolate bars",
          "note": "3.5 oz each",
          "text": "2 white chocolate bars"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "item": "milk chocolate bar",
          "note": "3.5 oz",
          "text": "1 milk chocolate bar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "step_groups": [
    {
      "steps": [
        "Preheat the oven to 340°F.",
        "Mix all the ingredients together except the chocolates. Use a mixer or mix by hand.",
        "Chop the milk chocolate and mix it into the dough.",
        "Flatten small pieces of dough and fill each with at least 3 squares of white chocolate.",
        "Roll into balls, place on a baking sheet, and bake for exactly 8-9 minutes."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tips": [
    "It's very important that the oven is fully hot before the cookies go in.",
    "I don't keep them in the oven more than 8-9 minutes, so they stay soft."
  ],
  "updated": "2026-10-11"
}