Name: Chocolate Cookies
Yield: Makes about 5 dozen cookies
Ingredients: Ingredients for basic butter cookies; 1/2 cup Dutch-process unsweetened cocoa powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 10 1/2 oz fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), melted and cooled; Garnish: salted roasted pistachios, finely ground; Demerara sugar

Image may contain Confectionery Food Sweets Seasoning and Sesame

Chocolate Cookies

Active time: 40 min Start to finish: 5 1/4 hr

Recipe information

Yield
Makes about 5 dozen cookies

Ingredients

Ingredients for basic butter cookies

1/2 cup Dutch-process unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

10 1/2 oz fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), melted and cooled

Garnish: salted roasted pistachios, finely ground; Demerara sugar

Preparation

Step 1
Follow recipe for basic butter cookies, mixing in cocoa, baking soda, and melted chocolate after adding flour (dough will be stiff). Form dough into a 14-inch log (2 inches in diameter) on a sheet of plastic wrap and roll up dough. (Dough will be hard to slice and may crumble.)
Step 2
If garnishing, roll edges of each slice first in pistachios and then in Demerara sugar.

TagsCookie Dessert American Cocoa Chocolate Make Ahead Easy Baking Electric Mixer Winter Gourmet

Recipe notes

Mango Sticky Rice

Khao niaow ma muang, or steamed coconut sticky rice with ripe mango, is a classic in Thai cuisine—and you can make it at home.

Easy Egg Custard

With just a handful of ingredients, this old-fashioned egg custard is the little black dress of dinner party desserts—simple and effortlessly chic.

Crispy Salmon With Avocado Sauce

You’ll want to put this creamy (but dairy-free) green sauce on everything and it’s particularly sublime under crispy-skinned salmon.

Sheet-Pan Chicken Souvlaki

Tender, juicy chicken skewers are possible in the oven—especially when roasted alongside spiced chickpeas and finished with fresh tomatoes and salty feta.