Salted Chocolate-Rye Cookies

Name: Salted Chocolate Rye Cookies
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes ABOUT 25 COOKIES
Ingredients: 3 ⁄ 4 cup whole-grain dark rye flour; 1 tsp. baking powder; 1 ⁄ 2 tsp. kosher salt; 2 2 ⁄ 3 cups finely chopped bittersweet chocolate; 4 tbsp. unsalted butter; 4 eggs, at room temperature; 1 1 ⁄ 2 cups light muscovado or light brown sugar; 1 tbsp. vanilla extract; Maldon salt or fleur de sel, for sprinkling

Serves
makes ABOUT 25 COOKIES

HELEN ROSNER

By SAVEUR Editors

Published on November 23, 2013

Replacing standard all-purpose flour with whole-grain rye makes a dense, fudgy cookie with an intense and complex chocolate flavor. Adapted from the cookbook Tartine No. 3, these rich cookies are perfectly finished by a sprinkle of coarse sea salt. Bake them while the dough is still cold to prevent them from spreading too much.

Ingredients

³⁄₄ cup whole-grain dark rye flour
1 tsp. baking powder
¹⁄₂ tsp. kosher salt
2 ²⁄₃ cups finely chopped bittersweet chocolate
4 tbsp. unsalted butter
4 eggs, at room temperature
1 ¹⁄₂ cups light muscovado or light brown sugar
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
Maldon salt or fleur de sel, for sprinkling

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Instructions

Step 1

Whisk flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl; set aside. Place chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water. Cook, stirring occasionally, until melted, 5 minutes. Remove bowl from pan; set aside.

Step 2

Place eggs in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment; whip until fluffy. With the motor running, slowly add sugar until eggs have nearly tripled in volume, about 6 minutes. Add reserved chocolate mixture and the vanilla; mix until combined. With the motor running, slowly add dry ingredients until a soft, loose dough forms. Cover dough with plastic wrap; chill 30 minutes.

Step 3

Heat oven to 350°. Using 2 tablespoons for each, drop cookies onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets, spaced about 2” apart. Sprinkle cookies with Maldon salt or fleur de sel; bake until cookies are puffed, 8-10 minutes.

Whisk flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl; set aside. Place chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water. Cook, stirring occasionally, until melted, 5 minutes. Remove bowl from pan; set aside.
Place eggs in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment; whip until fluffy. With the motor running, slowly add sugar until eggs have nearly tripled in volume, about 6 minutes. Add reserved chocolate mixture and the vanilla; mix until combined. With the motor running, slowly add dry ingredients until a soft, loose dough forms. Cover dough with plastic wrap; chill 30 minutes.
Heat oven to 350°. Using 2 tablespoons for each, drop cookies onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets, spaced about 2” apart. Sprinkle cookies with Maldon salt or fleur de sel; bake until cookies are puffed, 8-10 minutes.