Tombstone Cookies
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
30 cookies
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons cocoa nibs (or cacao, see Notes)
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup sugar, plus extra
- sugar, for sprinkling cookies
- 1 large egg
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1⁄3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- melted semisweet chocolate
directions
- Preheat oven to 400°. In a blender, whirl cocoa nibs until each is about the size of a grain of rice.
- In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter and 1/2 cup sugar until creamy; beat in egg and vanilla.
- In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and cocoa nibs; gradually add to butter mixture, blending thoroughly, to form a soft dough.
- Divide dough into thirds, cover each portion tightly with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until firm (at least 1 hour), or up to 3 days.
- On a floured board, roll out dough, a portion at a time, to a thickness of 1/8 inches (keep dough refrigerated when not in use).
- With a sharp knife, cut out free-form tombstone shapes (about 1 1/2 by 3 in.; cut bottom edges at an angle to make them easier to poke into the pots de crème), and place slightly apart on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle generously with sugar.
- Bake cookies until edges are lightly browned, about 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to racks and let cool completely before handling.
- Using a pastry bag with a very fine tip, pipe the letters "RIP" in chocolate on at least 8 of the cookies. Stick these cookies into the Dark Chocolate Graveyard Pots de Crème and serve the rest of the cookies alongside.
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