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From All Around the World (Sheila Lukins)
1 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 t. baking soda
pinch of salt
1 stick butter
6 oz bittersweet chocolate broken into small pieces (or 1 c. chocolate chips)
1/3 c. sugar (do NOT sub erythritol... or you will get cakey cookies that are fragile and you will probably be sad)
1/4 c. light corn syrup
1 x-large egg, slightly beaten
Position oven racks at 1/3 and 2/3 height and preheat to 350 F. Line baking sheets with silicone mats, parchment paper, or aluminum foil.
Combine flour, baking soda, salt.
In heavy medium-sized saucepan combine butter, chocolate, sugar, and corn syrup. Heat over low heat, stirring, until chocolate is almost melted. Remove from heat and stir vigorously until smooth. Let cool 5 minutes. Stir in egg. Add dry ingredients and stir until thoroughly combined.
Use teaspoon to drop teaspoonfuls onto baking sheets. Bake two sheets at a time for 10-12 minutes total, switching shelf positions at midpoint in baking. The cookies should be crisp, but they will burn if baked too long. Let cool for a few minutes before removing from pan to cooling racks.
Makes about 5 dozen very thin cookies.
(300 g carb in whole recipe => about 5 g/cookie when making 5 dozen)
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These cookies are great for making mini fruit pizzas. Mix 8 oz. cream cheese with 1/4 t. almond extract and a few tablespoons sugar. Spread about 1 t. on each cookie and top with sliced fresh fruit (strawberries, blueberries, kiwi, peaches, etc...)
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Sandwich cookies: Use this PB filling to make oreo-like sandwich cookies. One filling recipe made 12-13 sandwich cookies (not the whole batch) with a nice thick filling layer.
Mix together in a small bowl:
100 g (6 T) creamy peanut butter
1/2 T butter, softened or melted
33 g (2-3T) peanut butter powder (optional, to amp up PB flavor)
2 T Splenda/1T erythritol... or 3-4 T powdered sugar
1/2 t flaky salt
Turn 12-13 baked cookies flat side up on a plate. Top each with rounded 1 teaspoonfuls of PB filling. Top with another cookie (flat side toward filling) and gently press together until filling reaches the edges.
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