Tahini Rose Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour (if you like your cookies thinner, only add 1&3/4 cups of AP flour)
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup brown sugar ( light or dark brown sugar)
- 3/4 cup organic cane sugar (
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1&1/2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips and chunks dark and / or milk chocolate chunks - add as much chocolate as you want
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature ( I recommend browning the butter it gives a lot of rich flavor to the cookie)
- 1 tablespoon rose water ( add less if you don't like the taste of rose water)
- 3 &1/2 tablespoons organic tahini ( if you are not a fan of tahini, feel free to just add 2 tablespoons of tahini instead of 3&1/2 tablespoons for more of a subtle nutty taste.)
- 3-4 tablespoons edible dried crushed rose petals
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light pale in color and lump free.
- Add the egg one at a time and mix until incorporated. Then add the tahini, rose water and mix into the batter.
- Add the salt and sift in the flours, baking soda and baking powder.
- Fold or whisk the flour just until it is fully incorporated into the wet batter. You do not want over mix the batter.
- Fold in the chocolate and place 9 large or 12 small cookies dough balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Place the pan in the freezer for at least 1- 2 hours before baking. 24 hours in the freezer is the best - the flavor and texture of the cookie is so much better! Allow the frozen cookies to thaw for 10 minutes before baking.
- Preheat oven 375 degrees. If you are making 8 large cookies, make sure to only place 3 cookie dough balls at a baking sheet and allow enough space because it will spread.
- Bake the cookies for about 9-11 minutes. Baking time all depends on how thick you made the cookies. I like my cookies chewy and gooey in the inside so once the cookies are light golden around the edges, I take them out of the oven and set aside for 5-7 minutes. Please note that even after you remove the cookies from the oven it will set and continue to bake on the pan -- so try not over bake the cookies because that is the worst!
- Allow the cookies to rest for another 2-3 minutes on a wire rack. Make sure to top the cookies with crushed dried rose petals and enjoy these insanely delicious cookies warm!
Notes
I updated the recipe and added 3 tablespoons of bread flour