Chewy Soan Papdi Cardamom Cookies

What is Soan Papdi? Soan Papdi, also known as patisa is this incredibly flaky, flossy, cotton candyesque Indian dessert that is made with ghee, gram flour, cardamom and sugar. The ingredients are humble but the texture on this dessert is unbelievable. I’m not a big Indian dessert fan but this dessert does it for me! It’s texture is unparalleled! Combining the soan papdi with a gram flour sugar cookie infused with saffron milk, pistachios and cardamom created a cookie that complemented the flavors of the soan papdi and served kind of like a vehicle for this delicious dessert (because soan papdi is a very very messy dessert!) It’s the perfect fusion of American and Indian flavors.

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Yuzu + Mint + Lime Mojito Cookies

These ultra- soft chewy sugar cookies are inspired by the fresh, minty Mojito cocktail. Refreshing, zesty, tangy lime mingles with sweet, fresh mint and citrusy floral yuzu chocolate. I was inspired by the basil sugar I made a while back to create a mint sugar. The fresh mint gets ground with white sugar to create a flavorful and very beautiful sugar! Once you make this mint sugar you’ll never go back to plain old sugar, it is absolutely gorgeous and versatile. The aroma itself is so inviting and lovely! The entire cookie is bursting with bright citrus flavor from the lime zest and yuzu chocolate. A final note on these cookies, be sure not to overbake them or else you’ll miss on that ultra-plush, soft chewy texture that makes these cookies unbelievably addictive.

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Sour Cherry Pecan Brown Butter Oatmeal Cookies

If you can get your hands on fresh sour cherries you need to make these delicious sour cherry pecan brown butter oatmeal cookies. The cookie dough base is loaded with buttery pecans, nutty oats and is laced with deep golden brown butter. Sugared sour cherries get mixed in to create a perfect tangy juicy touch to this cookie. These cookies are so soft and chewy! They are simply irresistible.

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BUCKWHEAT + ALMOND + APRICOT COOKIES

Chewy, warm nutty buckwheat cookies are loaded up with chopped juicy dried apricots and toasty crunchy almonds. These cookies have a whole lot of buckwheat flavor while being deliciously chewy and thick. Each cookies gets topped with a delicious Valrhona Almond Inspiration feve for a creamy, sweet dimension.

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STRAWBERRY, BLACK + WHITE SESAME NEAPOLITAN COOKIE.

Nutty toasty black and white sesame get paired with bright fruity strawberry in the loveliest sugar cookie dough! This riff off @sarah_kieffer Neapolitan cookie is inspired by halva, peanut butter jelly sandwiches and toasty nutty thick tahini.

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Salty Espresso Buckwheat + Browned Butter Chocolate Bar Cookies.

Brown butter, buckwheat and espresso come together to create a deep rich cookie that you can sink you teeth into. These cookies bake into large round cookies that are flat, chewy and rich with warm nutty buckwheat notes. To intensify that nuttiness, browned butter is added for more depth and warmth to the cookie. A hefty spoon of espresso powder is added to create another dimension of flavor. But the real key to a stellar chocolate chip cookie? Using high quality chocolate! This cookie dough gets a whole bar of 70% chocolate added to it. The freshly cut deep dark chocolate chunks pair beautifully with this cookie and turn into these gorgeous puddles of chocolate. This cookie would not be complete without a showering of flaky salt.

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Dark Chocolate & Rose Cookies with Nutella Centers

Rich, deep and sensuous. Just a few adjectives to describe these lusciously chewy dark chocolate cookies. Shards of dark 70% gianduja chocolate get folded into a luxuriously chocolate sugar cookie dough and then get stuffed with a frozen Nutella dollop. Once baked, these chocolatey cookies brim and beam with warm chocolate puddles, centers and chasms. A showering of more chocolate, rose petals and flaky salt make them not only beautiful but texturally delightful. All you chocolate lover this one is for you! Grab your best chocolate and make yourself a batch.

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Lush Lemon + Basil Sugar Cookies

Refreshing, bright, tangy lemon mingles with minty, sweet, peppery basil in an ultra-soft chewy sugar cookie that is addictively soft and perfectly balanced. Fresh basil gets ground with sugar creating a not only very flavorful but also very beautiful sugar! Once you make basil sugar you know that it won’t be the last time, its absolutely gorgeous and versatile. The aroma itself is so inviting and lovely! Pair that with the freshness and crispness from the lemon zest and you’ve got yourself a bright cheery cookie that borders on that sweet and savory territory! Perfect for those who don’t like desserts too sweet. A final note on these cookies, be sure not to overbake them or else you’ll miss on that ultra-plush, soft chewy texture that makes these cookies unbelievably addictive.

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Grapefruit, Yuzu + Campari Caramel Cookies

This cocktail inspired cookie is unlike anything else! Loads and loads of grapefruit zest is added to the cookie dough as well as shards of homemade Campari caramel. These cookies have a hint of smoky bitterness from the Campari and burnt sugar and the entire cookie is bursting with bright citrus flavor from the grapefruit zest and yuzu Valrhona feves. These guys are perfectly chewy and are so easy to devour. If you are familiar with orange crème center biscuits, these are like the grown up sophisticated version of them.

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Brown Butter Buckwheat Bourbon Almond Croquant Smash Cookies

Nutty, chewy bourbon laced brown sugar cookies get folded in with butterscotchy caramelized almond croquant and get a little smash half way through the baking process for those signature crinkle edges. Thanks to the high content of almonds in the cookie dough, these cookies are super soft and have a great chew to them. If you are not familiar with almond croquant, it is a simple almond brittle that is made with sugar, golden syrup and lots of almonds.

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Blueberry & Candied Thyme Sugar Cookies

These bright beautiful blueberry cookies are the perfect cookie to make for your holiday cookie boxes! Bright jammy wild blueberries get made into a jam that gets swirled into the sugar cookie base along with some homemade thyme sugar. The thyme provides a citrusy, woody touch to the cookie while the blueberries add sweetness and fruitiness to the body of the cookie. I rolled each one of these guys in some fresh thyme rubbed sugar and topped them with blueberry powder and candied thyme. If you have not made candied thyme you should! It was so easy to make and so so beautiful! Perfect for decorating your holiday desserts!

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Classic Chewy Earl Gray Sugar Cookies

Sometimes you want a simple, classic chewy earl gray cookie and these fit the bill perfectly. These cookies are based off of Sarah Kieffer’s classic chewy sugar cookie recipe and are transformed into earl gray cookies by subbing earl gray sugar into the cookie dough and rolling the cookies in earl gray rubbed sugar. The coarse earl gray tea dotting the cookie adds beautiful dimension, texture and flavor to the cookie. These are pillowy soft, delightfully chewy and perfect to eat with a cup of hot earl gray tea. Now who wouldn’t want that?

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Chewy Crackled Matcha Sugar Cookies

These thick chewy cookies get smacked with a spoon right after coming out of the oven to get crackly tops filled with deep chasms of matcha goodness. The gooey centers ooze out a bit from within when they are hot and when you take a bite, they are pure bliss (especially right out of the oven!) These cookies are filled with matcha flavor!. They have a whopping two tablespoons of matcha in the dough and are then rolled in matcha sugar to ensure that you get those delicate grassy earthy sweet green vanilla notes that make matcha so delicious. Be sure to get yourself some high quality matcha for these cookies, they are worth it!

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Pistachio Butter + Halva + Brownie Crinkle Cookies

Chewy, fudgy rich chocolatey brownie cookies get swirled with a spoon of pistachio butter and topped with shards and chunks of chocolate chunk halva. These brownie cookies crackle and shine just like a real brownie and have an irresistible chew to them! Once baked, they get showered with crushed pistachios and flaky sea salt. They are beautiful and delicious too! A must for your holiday cookie box.

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Chewy Pistachio Brittle Sugar Cookies with Pistachio Chocolate

All you pistachio lovers this is for you! Unlike many pistachio cookie recipes, this cookie is very chewy and spreads like sugar cookie. The cookie is loaded with pistachio flavor throughout. A touch of pistachio flour is added to the cookie dough base and toasty caramelized pistachio brittle gets folded in as well. Not enough pistachio? I got you. To add one more element of pistachio, I made some pistachio butter white chocolate shards and swirled that into the cookie dough. These cookies actually taste like pistachio and are so irresistibly chewy.

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Chewy Hachiya Persimmon + Pecan + Date + Bourbon Cookies

Say hello to these chewy thick persimmon date pecan cookies! These cookies add sweet custardy hachiya pulp to a standard brown sugar cookie and are studded with caramelly date pieces and warm nutty pecans. To amp up the warm nutty notes of the cookie, a touch of bourbon and molasses are added to the dough which take this cookie to the next level. These cookies are insanely moist, chewy and thick. Roll them in a little bit of raw sugar to make them sparkle! If you have not baked with persimmons yet I highly recommend that you do! Persimmons add beautiful notes of caramel, an element of chewiness and this indescribable warmth to anything you add them to. If you have more hachiya persimmons than you know what to do with go make yourself a big batch of these cookies! They are the ultimate autumn cookie in my humble opinion.

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Raspberry White Chocolate Sugar Cookies

These delightfully chewy sugar cookies are infused with tart puckery raspberry, fragrant sweet vanilla and rolled in sparkling white sugar. Each cookie is topped with delicious Valrhona raspberry inspiration feves, Waina white chocolate feves and a generous sprinkling of crushed dried raspberries. They are almost too beautiful to eat. I think they might be the prettiest cookies in my cookie boxes this year!

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