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Chocolate & Black Pepper Sable | French Cookies

Chocolate & black pepper sable, French butter cookies that are melt in mouth. Black pepper adds a nice zing along with chocolate in this recipe.
Course Snack
Cuisine French, International
Keyword Chocolate cookies, Chocolate shortbread, Eggless baking, Eggless cookie, French biscuits, French shortbread
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
resting time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 4 People
Calories

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.