Now, now... What? A guest post!? Youpi-yeah. I am pretty excited, and quite all-over-mushy, to introduce to you.... my boyfriend Guillaume! He has prepared a little post for today, and put all of his TLC into it. For a little introduction, all I'll say is... When He and I met, one of our first dates was to bake cookies together. It was pretty darn cute. It was actually that exact recipe he is sharing today. Later, my friends would always refer to him as Biscuit because of that. And the nickname stuck. (and he stuck around too ;)) But seriously, those cookies are serious stuff, highly-addictive, crack-like cookies. I don't have that much of a sweet tooth, but those ones!? It's the salty thing... I can hardly wait until they're at a decent temperature to start ravaging.
So, Paule Thought it would be nice if I did a little something for les Mardis Manger. Since she does most of the cooking around here and is pretty good at it, it was obvious that I had my hands full. I'm no cook compared to Paule but there are two things that I think I'm not to shabby at. One of them is Dessert and the other is Breakfast (I'll keep that for another Mardi Manger maybe?)
So here it is my Recipe for Super Salty Chocolaty Cookies !
it's simple but so good. Also easy is to make it your own if you want to!
it's simple but so good. Also easy is to make it your own if you want to!
All you need is:
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon fleur de sel or 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 stick of butter + 3 tablespoons, at room temperature
- 2/3 cup (packed) light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 Tablespoon of Cold Espresso (optional)
- 1/2 cup of "make it your own" also optional ingredient
In a large bowl beat the butter with a hand mixer until it's creamy, add the brown sugar, the vanilla and the coffee (or not, I just love coffee and think it kicks up the taste of chocolate) and beat again until it's all well mix. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mix and stir with a wooden spoon or with your hands, mix it until the flour is all incorporated. The dough may be a bit crumbly but don't worry it will all be good when you'll make a log out of it.
Now is the part when you can make it your own, I had some left over caramel chips, so I tossed that in the mix. You can leave it as is, or throw nuts in there, chocolate chips or both or marshmallow and so on and so on ! When your ''make it your own'' ingredient is well mixed, divide your dough in two and make a log out of them (the wider the log the bigger the cookies) wrap them up in plastic and put them in the fridge for at least three hours :S
Now, Time to Bake !
Preheat your oven at 325f
Take the logs out and cut them in 1/2" slices (use a sharp knife, and don't worry if they break a bit, just squeeze them back in a cookie shape). Put them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 12-15 minutes.
Let them cool off a bit and enjoy.
Hope you like them, I know Paule did !