Truffle cookies with white chocolate and spices

The new year truffles were a great success, so I was thinking to myself how nice it would be to have these truffles as cookie equivalents. Then I remembered the spicy gingersnap cookies and that they could possibly serve as an ideal base for truffle cookies. First, I gave the white truffles a shot and I must admit that I am very happy with the result. The white truffles were too buttery and sweet for my taste, and actually I am not so much of a white chocolate person. Thus they served as the perfect  guinea pig for a transformation from truffle to cookie. The cookie equivalent comes with less sweetness and more spiciness, I cannot actually describe the taste very well, but I could sum it up as comforting. Enjoy. And beware of overbaking please!

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 tsp spice mixture (pink pepper, rose petals, strawberry, coriander, raspberry, vanilla, pepper, e.g. Sonnentor Alles Liebe spice mix)
• 1 tsp ginger
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 75 g white muscovado chocolate, e.g. gepa mascobado blanc, coarsley chopped
• ¼ tsp salt
• 100 g unsalted butter, softened
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup molasses
• 1 large egg
• rose sugar

Directions:

In a small bowl, combine flours, spices, baking soda and salt. Using your stand mixer, whisk together butter, sugar, and molasses. Add the egg and mix until well combined.
Now, in batches,  add the flour mixture to the molasses mixture and beat until completely blended. Cover and chill in the fridge for about hour until firm.

Preheat oven to 175°C /350°F. Line a baking sheet with baking paper. Pour some rose sugar into a small bowl. Use a bit of cooking spray to grease the palms of your hand. Rip little pieces off the dough and roll into balls of ~ 2cm/ 1inch size. Roll the balls in rose sugar until evenly covered then place on  baking sheet.

Bake for about 10 minutes or until puffed a bit and still very sensitive to the touch. Transfer to the desk for a few minutes and then to a cooling rack.

Source: based on: http://chocolateandcarrots.com/ // many thanks for providing this excellent base for experiments!

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