Cookies, Cookies
Since I just mentioned that we love to bake holiday cookies at our house, I thought I would tell you one that I think I will try this year. It is a chocolate cookie with caramel sandwiched in between. After all this holiday baking, I will have to look for the best weight loss supplements!
Here is the recipe from Everyday Food:
* FOR COOKIES
* 10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
* 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
* 1 large egg yolk
* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
* 1/2 cup cocoa powder
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
* FOR FROSTING
* 1/4 cup Caramel Sauce, cooled
* 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
* 1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugar with a wooden spoon or electric mixer until pale and fluffy; stir in egg yolk.
2. In another bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; stir flour mixture into butter mixture until a dough forms. Drop dough by level teaspoons, 1 inch apart, onto two parchment-lined baking sheets.
3. Bake until cookies are puffed and cracked, about 8 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Remove sheets from oven and tap firmly on a counter to flatten cookies. Transfer cookies to wire racks and let cool completely. (To store, keep in an airtight container, up to 3 days.)
4. Make frosting: In a bowl, beat together caramel and butter with a wooden spoon until smooth; gradually beat in confectioners sugar until smooth. Spread frosting on flat sides of half the cookies and top with remaining cookies.
07 December 2009, 1:21 pm
wow I love cookies, I was on the look out for some instructions for preparing one myself and stumbled across this post, thank you so much for the instructions, I will try it out tomorrow and let you know how it went hopefully.
09 December 2009, 6:05 am
For Christmas I always like making chocolate brownies and for a festive effect, I sprinkle on top coconut flakes! Yummy Holidays!
14 December 2009, 11:22 am
Christmas chocalate cookies, yum, I’ll try your receipe and let you know how everyone liked them. Hope they’re going to taste as good as they look in your picture. Great holidays to all