CHOCOLATE-DIPPED PEPPER BISCUITS

Chocolate-Dipped Pepper Biscuits image

Provided by Molly O'Neill

Categories dessert

Time 30m

Yield Two dozen cookies

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1/2 cup flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns, cracked
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus 1 tablespoon for cookie sheets
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon milk, plus an additional 1/4 cup for the chocolate dip
2 ounces bittersweet chocolate

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix the flour, salt, baking powder and pepper in a bowl. Set aside. Grease 2 cookie sheets with 1 tablespoon of the butter. Cream the remaining butter. Gradually add the sugar and continue beating until incorporated. Add the egg, vanilla and 1 tablespoon milk. Add the flour mixture all at once. Beat until smooth.
Drop a heaping teaspoonful of dough onto the cookie sheets. Shape it into thin strips, 2 inches long. Bake until golden brown, about 10 to 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.
Place a rack on top of a cookie sheet. Set aside.
Melt the chocolate and milk together in a double boiler over low heat. Stir until blended.
Dip the tip of each cookie into the melted chocolate. Lay each cookie on the rack. Refrigerate until the chocolate hardens, about 10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 58, UnsaturatedFat 1 gram, Carbohydrate 7 grams, Fat 3 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 1 gram, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 18 milligrams, Sugar 4 grams, TransFat 0 grams