Chocolate Pistachio Sables
(from BearNakedBaker’s recipe box)
Source: BNB
Prep time: 60 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Serves 80 people
Categories: Cookies
Ingredients
- 21/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 11/4 cups (21/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 11/4 cups (lightly packed) light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 large egg white
- 5 oz. bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 cup pistachios, coarsely chopped
- Flaky sea salt
Directions
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Whisk flour, cocoa powder, kosher salt, and baking soda in a medium bowl. Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat butter, brown sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Reduce speed to low and gradually add dry ingredients; mix just to combine, then mix in egg white. Fold in chocolate and pistachios.
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Divide dough into 4 pieces. Roll each piece into an 8”-long log about 1½” in diameter, pushing dough together if it feels crumbly. Wrap tightly in parchment paper and chill until firm, at least 4 hours. (The colder your dough, the easier it will be to slice.)
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Place racks in lower and upper thirds of oven; preheat to 350°. Working with 1 log of dough at a time and using a serrated knife, cut logs into ¼”-thick rounds and transfer to 2 parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing ½” apart.
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Sprinkle cookies with sea salt and bake, rotating baking sheets halfway through, until set around edges and centers look dry, 10–12 minutes. Transfer to wire racks and let cool.
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Do Ahead: Cookie dough can be made 1 month ahead; freeze instead of chilling. Slice frozen logs into rounds just before baking.