Chocolate Pretzel Cookies
- 2 12 cups all-purpose flour
- 12 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- nonstick cooking spray
- 1 large egg white
- 14 cup raw sugar
- 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate or 12 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 12 ounces high-quality white chocolate, chopped
- Whisk flour, cocoa powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
- Using electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in large bowl until fluffy.
- Beat in eggs 1 at a time.
- Stir in dry ingredients.
- Gather dough into a ball; wrap in plastic and chill at least 4 hours.
- (Can be made a day ahead.
- Keep refrigerated.
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- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray 2 baking sheets with nonstick spray.
- Divide dough into 8 equal portions; roll into balls.
- Roll 1 ball between work surface and palms into a 16 inch long rope.
- To form pretzel shape, lift 1 end of rope and press about 1 1/2 inches past center of rope, crossing over first loop.
- Transfer to baking sheet.
- Repeat with remaining dough.
- Lightly beat egg white in small bowl to loosen.
- Brush pretzels with egg white.
- Sprinkle with raw sugar.
- Bake until firm, about 15 minutes.
- Cool on racks.
- (Can be made 2 days ahead.
- Store at room temperature in an airtight container.
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- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Melt bittersweet chocolate and white chocolate separately in double boilers set over simmering water, stirring occasionally, until smooth.
- Dip 4 pretzels halfway into melted bittersweet chocolate; tranfer to 1 prepared baking sheet.
- Dip remaining 4 pretzels into white chocolate; transfer to 2nd baking sheet.
- Let stand at room temperature 15 minutes to allow chocolate to begin to set.
- Dip for into melted bittersweet chocolate.
- Sweep for back and forth a few inches above white chocolate dipped pretzels, creating thin stripes, dipping fork in bittersweet chocolate as needed.
- Dip another fork into melted white chocolate.
- Sweep for back and forth a few inches above bittersweet chocolate dipped pretzels, creating thin stripes, dipping fork in white chocolate as needed.
- Let stand at room temperature until chocolate is set, about 1 hour.
flour, cocoa, salt, unsalted butter, sugar, eggs, nonstick cooking spray, egg white, sugar, bittersweet chocolate, white chocolate
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-pretzel-cookies-249234 (may not work)