Reader Submission Recipe: Spicy Pepper Cookies

FROM THE KITCHEN OF: Meghan Ely
TOTAL TIME: 15 min to prep, 8-10 min to bake
MAKES: 3-4 dozen cookies

I brought to you earlier this week a Holiday Cookie Box Social designed by Meghan Ely and Ariana Ewing of OFD Consulting. Well today, I have Meghan’s Spicy Pepper Cookies she wanted the readers of Pretty Tasty Things to test out and try. Here’s what she had to say about her cookies:

“This year, I decided to try a Spicy Pepper Cookie, which I found on Nibbledish.com. I spent over three years working in Catering at The Jefferson Hotel, so I’ve always found myself drawn to more creative combinations thanks to my culinary colleagues! This particular recipe called for a great deal of freshly ground pepper and sea salt, as well as cardamom, which I’ve yet to use. It’s was a relatively easy recipe to execute and I was really pleased with the results. In the future, I’d probably try and add more spice to it with perhaps cayenne pepper and then dip it in chocolate to offset the spice. I nearly followed the recipe to a T although after I creamed the sugar and butter, I ditched my beloved Kitchen aid mixer and hand mixed the rest with my equally beloved (and most favorite kitchen tool I might add!) wooden spoon. I always fear I’ll over mix otherwise.”

INGREDIENTS:
3/4 cup unsalted butter, soft
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1 each whole egg, at room temperature
2 tablespoons whole milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper

DIRECTIONS:
1. Combine butter + sugars. First, preheat oven to 350°. In a mixing bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy.

2. Add egg, milk, and vanilla. Once the butter and sugars are well-combined, stir in the egg, milk and vanilla.

3. Add dry ingredients. Add all the spices and flour to the wet ingredients and continue to stir until well-mixed. Chill the dough at least 30 minutes before baking.

4. Bake the cookies. Drop cookies onto silpat- or parchment-lined baking sheet and place in oven. Bake for 8-10 minutes until lightly browned around the edges for softer cookies, or until quite golden for crispy cookies.

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