Chocolate Goodness
Our 3rd recipe from Baking with Dorie is on page 170; Caramel Crunch-Chocolate Chunklet Cookies. These cookies are a pure delight. They come together really easily and the slice & bake method is brilliant.
Ingredients
- use the highest quality butter you can find - I used Gay Lea Bakers Gold. This butter, churned to a European standard at 84% milk fat, is your new secret ingredient. Higher milk fat and less moisture means baking that’s richer. Flakier. Tastier.
- I really suggest dark chocolate for this recipe
- don’t use pre-form chips- buy a dark chocolate bar and chop into irregular sizes
- I substituted walnuts for macadamia nuts (deliciousness)
Forming The Dough
- Place dough in centre on plastic wrap and form in a rough cylinder
- cover dough with wrap completely and roll and shape to a 6” log
- try to be accurate in length and diameter as these will allow your cookies to be uniform
- with each end, twist wrap until tightly secured
- to keep shape you can place the log on a split paper towel roll
- I definitely suggest letting this dough rest in fridge overnight
Why Rest Cookie Dough.
Do you ever why so many cookie recipes call for resting the dough in fridge before baking. Here are three reasons why this is a really important step.
1. TASTE
- the flavour becomes more concentrated
- as dough chills, it loses moisture: this in turn, concentrates the remaining ingredients
2. TEXTURE
- when dough rests, it’s sugar levels become more concentrated as excess moisture is absorbed
- the higher the percentage of sugar in the dough, the more likely your cookies will turn out chewy on the inside and crispy on the outside
3. SHAPE
- chilling the dough solidifies the fat, making the cookies less likely to spread during baking
**NOTE**
At the bakery our cookie dough always rested for 48hr minimum
Ready to Bake
- Bake in muffin tin as per recipe/ you will not get the same caramelized flavour or crispness on a cookie sheet
- I don’t suggest baking spray, I definitely would use butter
- tip: I always save my butter wrap packaging- I just keep them in the fridge- I use to butter cake pans ect.
The Results
My rating of this recipe is 5 out of 5. I will be making this cookie over and over again.
My next bake, I think I might use toffee bits and chopped pecans. The options are endless.
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