Holiday Cookie Recipe: Chocolate Sea Salt Cookies
"The Essence of Chocolate" serves as a good guide for baked holiday treats.
This one is from The Essence of Chocolate and I always get rave reviews everytime I take it somewhere. It's not overly sweet, definitely more of a "grown-up" treat with sea salt and cacao nibs. Ingredients: 1 cup flour 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 6 tablespoons cacao nibs 1 teapsoon fine or coarse sea salt 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature 1/2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Directions: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners. Combine the flour and cocoa powder in a small bowl. Combine the nibs and sea salt in a separate bowl (I pulse a few times in my spice grinder.) Beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the vanilla extract. Add about 1/2 of the flour-cocoa …
