Ffwd: Cocoa Sables
Around My French Table offers many gifts one is a buttery confection from Normandy. Right there on page 406 you will find her recipe for Cocoa Sablés. Dorie Greenspan makes this magnanimous cookie a masterpiece. The tome Sable comes from their sandy texture, so reminscent of the beaches along the Norman coast.
Chocolate cookies - some days you really have to take one for the team. To make mine gluten free, I used almond, arrowroot and brown rice flours, and a little less soy butter than the original recipe called for. While there seemed to be a lot of steps, the recipe is straight forward and easy to do. Having some cookie dough in the freezer ready to cut and bake is a revelation, Pilsbury obviously thought so.
Adapted from Dorie Greenspan’s Around My French Table.
More from this classic cookbook:
- Mussels and Chorizo with or without Pasta
- Cheese topped Onion Soup
- Roasted Salmon and Lentils
- Cheese Soufle
- Cocoa Sables
Photo Credit: Julie T Cecchini
Your substitutions sound great! I think since you are adapting the recipe for dietary purposes it is probably fair game to see the amounts of the different flours you used. Just sayin' ;-)
Posted by: Adriana | 23 March 2012 at 11:57 AM
Adriana - you will find the link to the full recipe in the words gluten free.
Posted by: Terra Americana | 23 March 2012 at 12:15 PM
I would've loved to see the baked cookies! And yes, I'm a tad jealous of your gluten-free version. I suck at GF baking, so there... :)
Posted by: Maya@Foodiva's Kitchen | 23 March 2012 at 01:27 PM
Maya, I will have pictures up tomorrow.
Posted by: Terra Americana | 23 March 2012 at 02:08 PM
Lovely adaptation!
Posted by: Cher | 23 March 2012 at 06:32 PM
Love your photos and your pilsbury reference... :) So wish we could to a taste comparison between your killer gluten free version and my regular pegular version. It would be interesting.
Posted by: Allison | 23 March 2012 at 06:57 PM
The recipe really was a gift wasn't it? I loved these.
Posted by: Trevor Sis. Boom. | 24 March 2012 at 11:56 AM
Thank you everyone
Posted by: Terra Americana | 01 April 2012 at 11:25 AM