Cornmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies With Raisins And Fennel Seeds Recipes

CORNMEAL CHOCOLATE-CHUNK COOKIES WITH RAISINS AND FENNEL SEEDS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, beat butter with sugar and fennel seeds on medium-high speed until light and creamy, about 3 minutes. Beat in egg until combined. Add flour, cornmeal, baking powder, and salt and beat just until combined. Stir in raisins and chocolate.
• Scoop heaping tablespoons of dough (or use a 1 1/2-inch ice cream scoop) onto parchment-lined baking sheets, about 2 inches apart. Bake, rotating sheets once, until edges are golden, about 15 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks at least 10 minutes before serving warm or at room temperature. Cooled completely, cookies can be stored at room temperature up to 3 days.

OATMEAL-FENNEL SEED COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Put the raisins into a small bowl, then cover with the bourbon and let sit for 15 minutes. Drain, then set aside.
• Meanwhile, whisk together the flour, oats, fennel seeds, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, ginger and clove in a large bowl. Set aside.
• In a stand mixer, cream together the butter and both sugars on medium-high until light and fluffy. Add the egg and beat until combined. Turn the speed to low and slowly spoon in the dry mixture until well combined, then add the bourbon-soaked raisins and sliced almonds.
• Scoop cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheets using a medium-sized scoop. Bake for 6 minutes, then rotate and switch the positions of the baking sheets and bake until golden brown on top but still slightly soft in the middle, another 6 minutes. Transfer the baking sheets to cooling racks (do not remove the cookies from the baking sheets). Drizzle the cookies with honey and sprinkle with a little flaky salt. Let cool for 15 to 20 minutes before removing the cookies from the baking sheets. Let cool for 5 more minutes, then serve.

CORNMEAL, CHERRY, AND WHITE-CHOCOLATE-CHUNK BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In thebowl of an electric mixer, beatflour, cornmeal, sugar, bakingpowder, and salt on low speed.Add eggs, vanilla, and butterand beat on medium until combined.Fold in cherries, nuts,and 1/2 cup white chocolate untiljust combined.
• On a parchment-lined bakingsheet, form dough into a 13-inchlog; flatten to 3 inches wide and1 inch thick. Bake until just goldenand firm to the touch, about30 minutes. Transfer on sheetto a wire rack; let cool 20 minutes.Reduce oven to 300 degrees.
• Transfer log to a cuttingboard. Using a serrated knife,cut crosswise into 1/2-inchslices. Arrange, cut-sides down,on another parchment-linedbaking sheet. Bake until firm tothe touch, about 30 minutes.Transfer biscotti on baking sheetto rack; let cool completely.Biscotti can made to this pointup to 1 week ahead and storedin an airtight container at roomtemperature up to 3 days.
• Melt remaining 1 cup whitechocolate over a double boileror in a microwave. Transfer to acoffee mug. Dip sides of biscottiin melted chocolate on a diagonal;transfer to a baking sheetfitted with a wire rack. Let setslightly, 10 minutes; sprinkle withnonpareils. Refrigerate untilset, about 10 minutes. Finishedbiscotti can be stored in anairtight container at room temperatureup to 3 days.