Brown Sugar Cookies With Chocolate, Pecans And Sea Salt

How can you go wrong with chocolate, toasted pecans, brown sugar and a little sea salt!

Makes: About 4 dozen 2 inch cookies

Ingredients:

3 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar (packed)
2 sticks salted butter, cold cut into chunks
1 egg
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
5 ounces bittersweet chocolate
1/3 cup chopped pecans, toasted 
Sea Salt flakes, like from a from grinder

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Whisk the flour and baking powder together and set aside.
• Cream the sugars and butter together. Add the egg and extract and mix until well combined.
• Add the flour mixture in three parts and beat just until combined, scraping down the bowl.
• The dough will be thick, pull out half of the dough and knead to combine, do the same with the remaining dough and set aside.
• On a floured surface, roll out the first half of the dough to about 1/4″ thick.  Using a 2 inch scalloped edge round cutter, cut into shapes.
• Place the first set of cut outs on a parchment lined baking sheets and place in freezer for 10 minutes.
• Complete the same process using the second half of the dough.
• Bake cookies for 9-12 minutes, depending on the size of your cutter. Let sit a few minutes on the sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack.
• While cookies are cooling, set up a double boiler and melt the chocolate over the simmering water.
• When cookies are cool, add a dollop of chocolate to the center of the cookie and using a small spoon spread the chocolate spread out almost to the edge of the cookie.
• While the chocolate is still wet, sprinkle lightly with the chopped toasted pecans and a few grains of sea salt. Let the chocolate set.

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