Chocolate-Dipped Pepper Biscuits
- Total Time
- 30 minutes
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Ingredients
- ½cup flour
- ⅛teaspoon salt
- ⅛teaspoon baking powder
- ½teaspoon black peppercorns, cracked
- 4tablespoons unsalted butter, plus 1 tablespoon for cookie sheets
- ⅓cup sugar
- 1egg
- ½teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1tablespoon milk, plus an additional ¼ cup for the chocolate dip
- 2ounces bittersweet chocolate
Preparation
- Step 1
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix the flour, salt, baking powder and pepper in a bowl. Set aside. Grease 2 cookie sheets with 1 tablespoon of the butter. Cream the remaining butter. Gradually add the sugar and continue beating until incorporated. Add the egg, vanilla and 1 tablespoon milk. Add the flour mixture all at once. Beat until smooth.
- Step 2
Drop a heaping teaspoonful of dough onto the cookie sheets. Shape it into thin strips, 2 inches long. Bake until golden brown, about 10 to 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.
- Step 3
Place a rack on top of a cookie sheet. Set aside.
- Step 4
Melt the chocolate and milk together in a double boiler over low heat. Stir until blended.
- Step 5
Dip the tip of each cookie into the melted chocolate. Lay each cookie on the rack. Refrigerate until the chocolate hardens, about 10 minutes.
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When do you slice the cookie?
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