I had been adding recipes for a while to a new cookbook so I could find them when I wanted to cook them. In the electronic age, a digital version seems to make more sense, since I can add, amend, advise, adjust, delete, and reconsider as often as I want to and you can access them if and when you please. I've included the recipes from both my original cookbook which many of you have, and additional accumulated recipes that never got published. This isn’t the latest thing or nouvelle cuisine. These recipes are comfort food, good memories, treasured family recipes, and occasional treats as well as many healthier recipes I've grown to like in recent years. I encourage you to add comments, pictures, and favorite recipes to make this a real family cooking spot. It's the next best thing to sharing a meal.






January 19, 2016

Chocolate Crackles

8 oz. bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/3 cups packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup Dutch process cocoa powder
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/3 cup milk

1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
 
Melt chocolate.  Set aside to cool.  
In mixer bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and combine well.   In a medium bowl, sift or stir together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt.  Add melted chocolate to mixer bowl, and then flour mixture alternately with milk.  Mix on low speed until just combined.  Shape dough into a flattened disk and wrap with plastic wrap. If it is sticky and hard to handle, first chill dough in the bowl for about 10 minutes.  Chill wrapped dough in refrigerator until firm, about 2 hours or overnight.   Line baking sheets with parchment paper.  Shape dough into 1 inch balls, using heaping teaspoon of dough for each.  Roll each ball first in granulated sugar for a light layer, then in powdered sugar for an heavy layer until completely coated.  If any dough is visible, roll again.  The granulated sugar helps keep the dough from bleeding through the powdered sugar.Place cookies on prepared baking sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees until flat and the sugar coating splits, 12 to 15 minutes, rotating halfway through.  Transfer to wire rack and let cool completely.  

These look so interesting, and taste good too. 

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