Preheat the oven to 170°C (340°F) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
2
Whip the soft butter with the powdered sugar, to a smooth, pale mixture.
⚙ WhippingBowlHand mixerorStand mixerorWhisk
💡Cream the butter soft, at room temperature: cold butter doesn't take in air, and melted butter doesn't hold it.
3
Add the egg and vanilla and mix well.
4
Add the flour, baking powder and salt and mix just until a dough forms.
💡Mix in the flour only until a dough forms: long kneading develops gluten, and the cookies come out hard instead of crumbly.
5
Transfer the dough to a piping bag with a star tip and pipe cookies onto the baking sheet, spaced apart.
Piping bagPiping tipsBaking pan
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Bake 12–15 minutes, until the edges turn lightly golden.
⚙ BakingOvenBaking pan
💡Take the cookies out while they still look soft: they firm up as they cool, and long baking dries them out.
💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
7
Cool completely on the pan: the cookies firm up as they cool.
8
Melt the chocolate over a double boiler and dip half of each cookie.
Double boiler (bain-marie)
9
Place the cookies on parchment paper until the chocolate sets.
Parchment paper
500calories
6 gprotein
54 gcarbs
28 gfat
● protein 5%● carbs 44%● fat 51%
Per serving (108 g), of 8 servings
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Oven· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
Double boiler (bain-marie)· Also works: Microwave (In short bursts; can burn) · Small saucepan (Very low heat; can burn)
Baking pan· Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
Piping bag· Also works: Zip-top bag (Zip-top bag with a corner cut off, no tip)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (With a spoon, uneven)
Piping tips· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Piping bag (Cut hole, no decorative pattern)
Bowl· Also works: Pot (None)
Hand mixer or Stand mixer or Whisk· one of them
🧻 Consumables: Parchment paper
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