Chocolate & black pepper sable, French butter cookies that are melt in mouth. Black pepper adds a nice zing along with chocolate in this recipe.
Jump to Recipe
Table of contents
What is Sable ?
Sablé is a French round shortbread cookie that originates in Sablé-sur-Sarthe in Sarthe. They are also known as a French Butter Cookie or Breton Biscuit. The name ‘Sablés’ is French for “sand”, which refers to the sandy texture of this delicate and crumbly cookie.
With the little home baking knowledge I have , the difference I noticed between shortbreads and these sables are the former is a dense cookie, holds it shape well. Whereas these aren’t as dense as shortbreads and as mentioned they have this sandy texture, crumbly and flaky.
It is said the original sable recipe has good amount of eggs. Well, we don’t eat eggs at home, so these are eggless French Sable cookies. They might not be the authentic French cookies, but they sure are fabulously tasty. Look at that beautiful texture on top, aren;t they pretty! 😍
Why Should you try these Cookies?
I could list a million reason for you to try this chocolate & black pepper sable, will start with one that is totally tempting and inviting reason to bake
It is chocolate 🍫!!! To add to this ultimate reason. These cookies are
- Buttery, Flaky, Crumbly
- Perfectly sweet
- Has a peppery sting
- Easy to bake as a family
- Wonderful gift for any occasion.
If you are still not convinced to try these incredibly delicious French chocolate sable cookies, then try this Oats & almond sables.
Ingredients to make these French Sablés
- Flour, I have tried this French sable cookies with both All purpose flour & whole wheat flour, use as per your choice.
- Cocoa & Chocolate chips, ohhh double chocolate, more reason to bake!
- Black pepper , for the spice kick, can be omitted and made into just plain chocolate. No pressure at all!
- Brown sugar, white sugar can also be used.
- Flavorings, either cinnamon or vanilla can be used.
- Finally baking soda
Some Regional Cookies
Here is a small list of Indian cookies.
- Nankhatai, Indian style shortbreads
- Thekua, another regional delicacy from Bihar & Jharkhand
- Baked Mathri, a whole grain savory snack
- Iyengar bakery Khara Biscuits , Savory shortbreads
- Baked Gur Para, a traditionally fried diamond biscuit, baked.
- Baked Namakpare, regionally famous diamond shaped biscuit.
How to make these French Biscuits
Please check recipe card below for exact measurements of each ingredient used and also for the detailed instructions
- Mix together flour, baking soda, black pepper and cocoa together.
- In a bowl cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Add in the dry flour mix and chocolate chips to the creamed butter sugar mix and make a soft dough.
- Shape the dough into a log, cling wrap and refrigerate, minimum of an hour. I prefer to do this overnight, so I can bake it first thing in the morning, waking up to aroma of freshly baked cookies!
- Once the dough is stiff enough, take it out, cut them into ¼ inch thick roundels. Place it on a baking tray lined with parchment, 2 inches apart.
- Bake them in an preheated oven @ 180C for 14-15 minutes. Let it cool down completely on a wire rack. Store these chocolate cookeis in an air-tight container.
If you have tried this recipe and like it, give it a star rating or let me know in the comments below. You could also share it with me on Instagram using #icampinmmykitchen and tagging me @priyasrinivasan. You could follow me and my recipes on Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | twitter
More Chocolate Cookie Recipes
Recipe Card for Chocolate & Black Pepper Sables
Chocolate & Black Pepper Sable | French Cookies
Equipment
- Convection oven
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Whisk and spatula
Ingredients
- ½ cup + 2 tablespoon All Purpose Flour
- ¼ cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ½ teaspoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper
- ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
- 6 tablespoon salted butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder Vanilla Extract
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Mix Together flour, cocoa, pepper and baking soda using a whisk.
- Using a electric beater, beat butter and sugar together in a bowl, until creamy and fluffy.
- Add the flour mixture and chocolate chips to the butter-sugar mixture and form a soft dough.
- Roll the dough to a log shape, cling wrap it and refrigerate for an hour. I shaped it to 2.5 inch diameter log.
- I sometimes make the dough and let it rest overnight in the refrigerator. This way i can bake it first in the morning.
- Just before pulling the cookie dough logs from the refrigerator, preheat the oven to 180C. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Take the cookie dough log out of the refrigerator, cut it ¼ inch thick disc and place it on the prepared tray, 2 inch apart.
- Bake for 14-15 minutes or until no longer wet looking. Let it sit in the oven for a minute.
- Take it out and cool it completely on the wire-rack. Store in an air-tight container @ room temperature.
Notes
- I have halved the given recipe and i personally felt the amount of pepper could be more to feel the zing. May be ¾ teaspoon -1 teaspoon for the above measurement.
- Do not bake the Cookies more than the given time they might crumble. First batch i baked for 17 minutes, thinking my oven might need a longer time, my cookies crumbled, while taking out of the oven. So i would suggest you to keep a watch from 14th minute.
Enjoy these double chocolate sable cookies with your evening cup. They make an excellent snack for your kid’s snack box and also a wonderful gift to your family friends.
Do you like the Recipe? PIN IT
Unknown
Wow that is so delicious… black pepper in a chocolate cookie – that is interesting!!!
virunthu unna vaanga
wow its interesting with black pepper…
Ghee Rice
VIRUNTHU UNNA VAANGA
Unknown
loving chocolate off late and these look so perfect with milk
Unknown
Delicious
Priya Vj
Chocolate cookies have always been my favorite,but now this combo of chocolate and pepper is really very interesting and the sable recipe is making me want to wear the baker’s cap which i seldom do.
Babitha
Pepper chocolate cookies,sounds yummy
Anonymous
Yummy.. Thanks for linking..:)
Priya Suresh
Wow black peppers in sables, thats sooo brilliant, love to munch these beauties.
Swathi
Blackpepper and chocolate is really good combo. love it.
Vardhini
Clicks are gorgeous and the cookies are inviting.
Vardhini
Event: Bake Fest
Shobha Keshwani
Such delicious cookies. I am loving the look and texture. Cinnamon really enhances the taste and flavour of any dish.
Archana
Priya!!! I am coming over for some cookies and coffee! Definitely delicious sables with chocolate and black pepper. Yum.
Neha
Chocolate black pepper sable sure is an interesting recipe. You have clearly identified the difference between sable and shortbread. Interesting flavors of chocolate, cinnamon and black pepper.
Mayuri Patel
Priya these chocolate & black pepper sable look so inviting. Love the melt in the mouth kind of texture which your cookies show. I’ve not tried sweet cookies with pepper, sounds like a good idea.
Kalyani
I love everything about this sable – eggless, has a mix of wheat floour, that pepper kick (aha what an idea :-)) and THAT dough can be made overnight!
Rinku Bhattacharya
Gosh this sounds so interesting. I love spicing my baked goods. And love the idea of this cookie. It is new to me.
Claudia
This is such a great spice addition so delicious
Mina Joshi
These cookies look delicious. Chocolate and pepper sound like a good combination. I like chocolate and chili combination so I know this will be great. As it’s also egg free, I look forward to trying this recipe soon.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan
I love the texture of the sables and you have nailed it in your eggless version. The flavor of chocolate with black pepper is so amazing.
Swathi
Chocolate and black pepper combo sounds yum. I need to try this cookies.