Halloween is almost here, did you know? Hard not to notice with pumpkins, spiders and candy corn everywhere.
And Halloween actually falls on Shabbat later this week, which for some people, I know, will be problematic. Some Jews don’t think we should celebrate Halloween at all. And some Jews think American Jews can and should embrace the celebration.
I fall into the camp of celebrating and I just love making fun treats, especially now that I have a daughter to share in the fun. And last week I made cookies that are equal parts fun for kids and delicious for adults. I brought a batch of these cookies to my share with family this past weekend, and by Sunday, they were totally gone; even all the skinny, dieting women in my family devoured them.
I love baking with dark chocolate usually, but these milk chocolate and butterscotch cookies are seriously delicious. The dark cocoa powder sets off the sweetness of the milk chocolate. I also like to add a pinch of thick sea salt before baking, which really elevates the flavor.
Want to add the candy eyes? They are made by Wilton and you can easily order them on Amazon. Another tip: I swear by using Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa Powder.
This recipe is based on Martha Stewat’s Milk Chocolate Cookie Recipe, which can be found in her cookbook Martha Stewart’s Cookies: The Very Best Baking Treats to Bake and to Share.
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Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
4 ounces good-quality milk chocolate chips (for melting)
3 ounces good-quality milk chocolate chips (for mixing)
3 ounces butterscotch chips
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
candy eyes (optional)
thick sea salt (optional)
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
Melt the 4 ounces milk chocolate with the butter in a glass bowl in the microwave for 30 second increments. Stir vigorously after each time until the chocolate-butter mixture is shiny and completely smooth.
Beat the chocolate mixture, sugar, eggs and vanilla together using a wooden spoon or the paddle attachment of a stand mixer. Add dry ingredients.
Fold in milk chocolate and butterscotch chips.
Using a cookie scoop, drop dough onto silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheets. Add candy monster eyes and sea salt if desired.
Bake 13-14 minutes, until cookies are flat and the surface cracks. Allow to cool 2 minutes on baking sheets, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
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Shabbat
Pronounced: shuh-BAHT or shah-BAHT, Origin: Hebrew, the Sabbath, from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.
