Kentucky Derby Pie Cookies
 
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Serves: 22-24 cookies
Ingredients
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons turbinado sugar
  • ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar
  • 1 egg, at room temperature
  • ¼ cup Kentucky bourbon
  • 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 7 ounces bittersweet chocolate, cut into roughly ½-inch chunks with a serrated knife
  • ¾ cup walnut pieces
  • flake sea salt, for finishing (I used Jacobsen's)
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 360 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silpat liner.
  2. In the bowl of stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugars until well-combined. Add the egg and bourbon. Mix well to combine.
  3. In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add this to the sugar mixture and mix to combine.
  4. Stir in the chocolate and walnuts.
  5. Scoop the dough onto the baking sheet and sprinkle cookies with a pinch of flake sea salt.
  6. Bake 10-12 minutes (11 was perfect for me). Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
Notes
Your dough will be really sticky because of all the bourbon, but don't fear. It will turn out wonderfully.
Recipe by the ringers at https://www.theringers.co/2015/05/kentucky-derby-pie-cookies/