Chocolate Pepper Cookies (south African)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 lb bittersweet chocolate or 1 lb semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 12 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
• 2/3 cup fine brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon fresh coarse ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 melt half the chocolate.
• 2 beat butter until light and airy.
• 3 add sugar and beat until completely incorporated into butter.
• 4 beat in eggs one by one.
• 5 combine flour and baking soda and sift into butter mixture little by little until incorporated.
• 6 mix chocolate into the butter mixture.
• 7 stir in remaining chopped chocolate and pepper.
• 8 cover and refrigerate until dough is cool and firm.
• 9 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 10 cover baking sheet with parchment paper ( or grease generously).
• 11 place tablespoonful of batter about 1 inch apart on sheet.
• 12 bake for 10 to 12 minutes until crisp on outside but still chewy inside.