Tombstone Cookies

Name: Tombstone Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 12 servings Melted semisweet or bittersweet chocolate; 6 Tbsps butter, softened; 2 Tbsps cocoa (or cacao) nibs (see Notes); 1 large egg; 315 milliliters all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sugar, plus extra for sprinkling cookies; 1 teaspoons vanilla

Tombstone Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 12. One serving contains 151 calories, 2g of protein, and 7g of fat. A mixture of baking powder, sugar, egg, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 40

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Oven

In a blender, whirl cocoa nibs until each is about the size of a grain of rice.

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Cocoa Nibs

Grains

Rice

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Blender

In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter and 1/2 cup sugar until creamy; beat in egg and vanilla.

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Vanilla

Butter

Sugar

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

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.

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Baking Powder

Cocoa Nibs

Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Whisk

Bowl

On a floured board, roll out dough, a portion at a time, to a thickness of 1/8 in. (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 crme), and place slightly apart on ungreased baking sheets.

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Dough

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Knife

Sprinkle generously with sugar.

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Sugar

Bake cookies until edges are lightly browned, about 8 to 10 minutes.

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Oven

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 Crme and serve the rest of the cookies alongside.

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Dark Chocolate