Korova Cookies Recipe | Sables Korova Recipe | What's Cooking America (2024)

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Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

12 mins

Total Time

42 mins

Author: What's Cooking America

• 1 1/4cups all-purposeflour
• 1/3cupDutch-Process Cocoa
• 1/2teaspoonbaking soda
• 1/2cup plus 3 tablespoonsunsalted butter,room temperature
• 2/3cup (firmly-packed) lightbrown sugar
• 1/4cup granulatedsugar
• 1/2teaspoonFleur de Selor 1/4 teaspoon coarse sea salt
• 1teaspoonpure vanilla extract
• 5ounces (150 grams) bittersweetchocolate,chopped into chip-size bits*

1. Sift the flour, cocoa, and baking soda together; set aside.

2. Put the butter in the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat on medium speed until the butter is soft and creamy. (Alternatively, you can do this and all subsequent steps by hand working with a sturdy rubber spatula.) Add the brown sugar,granulated sugar, salt, and vanilla extract; beat for another 1 to 2 minutes.

3. Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the sifted dry (flour) ingredients. Mix only until the dry ingredients are incorporated (the dough will look crumbly and that's just right). For the best texture, you want to work the dough as little as possible once the flour is added. Toss in the chocolate pieces and mix only to incorporate.

4. Turn the dough out onto a smooth work surface, divide it in half and, working with one half at a time, shape the dough into a log that is 1 inch (4-cm) in diameter. Cookie-dough logs have a way of ending up with hollow centers, so as you're shaping a log, flatten it once or twice and roll it up from one long side to the other, just to make certain you have not got an air channel. Wrap the logs in plastic wrap and refrigerate them for at least 1 hour.

5. The dough can be made ahead and either chilled or frozen. Wrapped airtight, the logs can be refrigerated for up to 3 days or frozen for 1 month. In fact, if you've frozen the dough, you need not defrost it before baking, just slice the logs into cookies and bake the cookies 1 minute longer. Packed airtight, baked cookies will keep at room temperature for up to 3 days; they can be frozen for up to 1 month.

6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. (180 degrees C.) and center a rack in the oven. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

   

7. Working with a sharp thin-bladed knife, slice rounds that are 1/2-inch (1-cm) thick. (Don't be upset when the cookies break, just squeeze the broken-off bit back onto the cookie.) Place the cookies on the parchment-lined sheets leaving about 1 inch (2.5 cm) of spread space between each cookie.

8. Bake only one sheet of cookies at a time and bake each sheet for 12 minutes. The cookies will not look done, nor will they be firm, but that's just the way they should be. Transfer the baking sheet to a cooling rack and let the cookies rest, on the baking sheet, until they are only just warm or until they reach room temperature. Repeat with the second sheet of cookies.