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Рецепт Chocolate Diamonds
by CookEatShare Cookbook

Chocolate Diamonds
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Ингредиенты

  • 2/5 c. (35 g) cocoa pwdr
  • 3 c. (385 g) sifted flour
  • 1 ¼ c. (285 g) soft butter
  • 3/5 c. (125 g) superfine (caster) sugar
  • Crystallized sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 healthy pinch salt
  • 1 healthy pinch grnd cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp vanilla extract
  • Clear plastic wrap
  • Parchment paper
  • 3 baking sheets
  • A cooling rack

Инструкции

  1. Mix the sifted flour in a bowl with the cocoa, cinnamon and healthy pinch of salt
  2. Cut the butter into small pcs and blend to a creamy consistency in a food processor
  3. Add in the superfine sugar and vanilla extract to the creamy butter
  4. Process again till the mix becomes a nice, even dough. Add in the sifted flour/cocoa/cinnamon/salt mix. Blend well
  5. Form the dough into 2 balls
  6. Place both balls of dough in the refrigerator for 30 min
  7. Next, make each ball of dough into a sausage shape of about 1½″ (4 cm) in diameter, taking care to press the dough down well with the palm of your hand before rolling it to avoid air pockets
  8. Roll each sausage up in clear plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 2 hrs
  9. Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C)
  10. Beat the egg yolk in a small bowl till it is completely liquid
  11. Remove the rolls of cookie dough from the refrigerator and cut them into discs about ½″ (1½ cm) thick
  12. Use a pastry brush to coat each disc with a little egg yolk
  13. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and sprinkle it with crystallized sugar
  14. Roll each side of the cookie dough discs in the crystallized sugar, pressing gently so which the sugar sticks
  15. When all of the discs are arranged on the baking sheet, give them another sprinkling of crystallized sugar
  16. Cover another 2 baking sheets with parchment paper
  17. Put the rest of the cookies on them, leaving about 1″ (2½ cm) between each cookie
  18. Bake for 15 to 18 min, changing the baking sheets around in the oven about halfway through cooking and turning them 180°
  19. To make sure which the cookies are properly cooked, check they are hard to the touch before removing them from the oven
  20. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cold down on a cooling rack.