Chocolate Black Pepper Cookies
This recipe came from Martha Stewart's Cookies cookbook, and it's
great. The black pepper might sound scary, but it adds a nice bight
with a little hint of berries or fruit. The pepper flavor is not overly
noticeable, many people could not identify the flavor, but liked the
richness of the chocolate in the cookie.
The Little Chef helped
me make these cookies, first he wanted to roll them in some smoked
paprika, but I managed to steer him to the colored sanding sugar. After
a little discussion about how much of the confetti sugar he could eat,
we got to business rolling the logs in the sugar.
After a stint in the freezer, we cut the cookies and baked them up. He was 'taking a nap' when these baked, and devoured a few warm ones when he woke up. When we were playing at the neighbors house, every time he went inside the house, there were more cookie crumbs on his mouth. I think he ate 4 or 5 cookies that afternoon. He also loves the sugar sprinkles, I think I could put them on anything and he would eat them :D Anyways, if a four year old likes these cookies, anyone will. At work, they were a big hint. Many people asked what the flavor was because it is a little hard to place.
The Little Chef helped
me make these cookies, first he wanted to roll them in some smoked
paprika, but I managed to steer him to the colored sanding sugar. After
a little discussion about how much of the confetti sugar he could eat,
we got to business rolling the logs in the sugar.After a stint in the freezer, we cut the cookies and baked them up. He was 'taking a nap' when these baked, and devoured a few warm ones when he woke up. When we were playing at the neighbors house, every time he went inside the house, there were more cookie crumbs on his mouth. I think he ate 4 or 5 cookies that afternoon. He also loves the sugar sprinkles, I think I could put them on anything and he would eat them :D Anyways, if a four year old likes these cookies, anyone will. At work, they were a big hint. Many people asked what the flavor was because it is a little hard to place.
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/4 teaspoon finely ground pepper, plus more for sprinkling
- 1 tablespoon plus
- 1 teaspoon good-quality instant espresso powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter , softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- Coarse sanding sugar, for rolling
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