Frédéric Bau

Spiced Dough

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Encyclopedia of Chocolate: Essential Recipes and Techniques
Encyclopedia of Chocolate

By Frédéric Bau and École du Grand Chocolat Valrhona

Published 2017

  • About

This cookie dough is flavored with cinnamon, making it an excellent pairing for the spicy notes of certain types of chocolate.

Ingredients

  • 2 sticks (8 oz./250 g) butter
  • 1 ¼

Method

Take the butter out of the refrigerator several hours before you begin baking and place it in a mixing bowl. When it has reached room temperature, use a flexible spatula to soften it (pommade). If you need to soften the butter more quickly, pop it into the microwave briefly or over a bain-marie. Finish softening it with a spa