Cocoa Cuts

Name: Cocoa Cuts
Cuisine: Sweden
Ingredients: 12 ounces (340 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 7 ounces (200 g) granulated sugar; ½ teaspoon (2 g) ammonium carbonate, dissolved in a small amount of water; 3 tablespoons (45 ml) honey; 14 ounces (400 g) bread flour; 2 tablespoons (16 g) unsweetened cocoa powder; Egg wash; Crystal sugar; Sliced almonds

Preparation info

Yield: about
60
cookies, approximately 3 × 1¼ inches each

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Professional Pastry Chef

By Bo Friberg

Published 1989

About

These are a typical Swedish cookie. I like to include them on cookie trays because their unusual shape contrasts with all of the other round cookies. Another plus is that because they are not shaped individually, they can be produced very quickly. If you do not have ammonium carbonate, use twice as much baking soda instead.

Ingredients

12 ounces (340 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
7 ounces (200

Europe
Sweden
Dessert
Cookies
Vegetarian
Nordic

Method

Using the dough hook at medium speed, beat the butter and sugar together until well combined. Mix in the dissolved ammonium carbonate and the honey.
Sift the flour and cocoa powder together and blend into the butter mixture. Mix until smooth.
Divide the dough into 4 equal pieces, about 8