Chocolate Cookies

Name: Chocolate Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 24 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 batch basic butter cookies base; ½ cup Dutch-process unsweetened cocoa powder; ½ teaspoon baking soda; 10½ oz bittersweet chocolate; ½ cup salted roasted pistachios; ¼ cup Demerara sugar

Rich and decadent chocolate cookies made with Dutch-process cocoa and fine bittersweet chocolate, optionally garnished with roasted pistachios and Demerara sugar for an elegant touch.

24 servings

30 min

Published October 4, 2025

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Ingredients

•1 batch basic butter cookies base
•½ cup Dutch-process unsweetened cocoa powder
•½ teaspoon baking soda
•10½ oz bittersweet chocolate
•½ cup salted roasted pistachios
•¼ cup Demerara sugar

Cooking Instructions

1.
Follow recipe for basic butter cookies, mixing in cocoa, baking soda, and melted chocolate after adding flour (dough will be stiff). Form dough into a 14-inch log (2 inches in diameter) on a sheet of plastic wrap and roll up dough. (Dough will be hard to slice and may crumble.)
20 min
2.
If garnishing, roll edges of each slice first in pistachios and then in Demerara sugar.
10 min