Maida Heatter's Chocolate Cookies with Gin-Soaked Raisins: 2000s Recipes + Menus : gourmet.com

Maida Heatter's Chocolate Cookies with Gin-Soaked Raisins: 2000s Recipes + Menus : gourmet.com

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“They…pack a punch…you won’t taste the gin, but you’ll feel its effects.” Indeed, these are for grown-ups only.

Keywords

  • favorite cookies 1941-2008
  • winter holidays
  • maida heatter
  • cookies
  • chocolate
  • spirits
  • fruit
  • raisin
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup golden raisins
  • 1/3 cup gin
  • 3 cups sifted confectioners sugar (sift before measuring)
  • 2/3 cup sifted unsweetened cocoa powder, preferably Dutch-process (sift before measuring)
  • 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour (unsifted)
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 3 large egg whites
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 8 oz pecans (2 1/4 cups), toasted, cooled, and coarsely chopped

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