Viennese Chocolate SablesIt's cookie mania around me these days especially with Deepavali coming up. This time i made the chocolate cookies i did last year.. Viennese Chocolate Sables.. move over Choc Chip.. we have a new superstar .. and it was really simple too.. some all purpose flour, Valrhona cocoa powder, confectioner's sugar, salt, butter and egg whites, that's all , all mixed together and we have the thick batter.
It's the recipe from Pierre Hermes book Chocolate Desserts. The famous W shape of the cookie stems from the fact that it was originally made at the Wittamer Pastry Shop in Vienna. I loved piping them though i must say there were times when my cookie was too big or too small but heck i loved them either way.
The batter
All piped and ready for the oven
The final product. Just like its name, crumbly and fine like sand. It's not very sweet because i think the recipe called for more confectioner's sugar to be sprinkled on top but i'm going to dip it in chocolate instead.
