Tuesdays with Dorie BCM: Toasted Buckwheat and Chopped Chocolate Sablés

March 12, 2019 at 9:23 pm | Posted in BCM, cookies & bars, groups, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 10 Comments
Tags: baking, cookies

These Toasted Buckwheat and Chopped Chocolate Sablés begin with the unusual instruction to toast the buckwheat flour until it darkens and and smells roasted. Buckwheat has a nutty, earthy flavor to begin with, and this extra step really brings that out. I think it changes the texture of the flour a bit, too, making it drier, and in turn making the sablés even sandier. Buckwheat and chocolate is a winning combo, and I liked these, with their flecks of chopped bittersweet chocolate, a lot. Sweet with a touch of savory, they are sturdy and crisp, yet crumbly and tender all at the same time. Seems I’m churning out batch after batch of cookies these days, but I have another winner on my hands so I’m not complaining!

For the recipe, see Baking Chez Moi by Dorie Greenspan. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the TWD Blogroll!

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These cookies look delicious and your description of them is enticing.

Comment by Cakelaw— March 13, 2019 #

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- She does make them sound delicious! 🙂
  
  Comment by isthisakeeper— March 13, 2019 #
  
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  - xoxo
    
    Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— March 13, 2019 #
  - I have noticed some of you bake on Fridays…I was never part of that group for some reason. Can I join up with you all?
    
    Comment by isthisakeeper— March 22, 2019 #
  - hi! i think you are talking about the other group called “cook the book fridays,” working through “everyday dorie.” i’m not involved in the admin on that one, but i do participate. for the time being, it’s only one recipe a month, on the second friday of the month (they are still finishing another book before going full-time on ED). you can join up anytime…no patricipation rules, just leave your link on posting day! that site is: https://cookthebookfridays.wordpress.com
    
    Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— March 23, 2019 #
  - Thank you for the info 🙂
    
    Comment by isthisakeeper— March 25, 2019 #
I like your square version! 🙂

Comment by isthisakeeper— March 13, 2019 #

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These were very delicious. They won rave reviews with my husband and friends.

Comment by Diane Zwang— March 15, 2019 #

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I LOVE the square version!!

Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— March 23, 2019 #

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I’m catching up (slowly)! This is my favorite type of cookie/biscuit – sweet, savory, more-ish. xx

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 10:23 PM a whisk and a spoon wrote:

> steph (whisk/spoon) posted: ” These Toasted Buckwheat and Chopped > Chocolate Sablés begin with the unusual instruction to toast the buckwheat > flour until it darkens and and smells roasted. Buckwheat has a nutty, > earthy flavor to begin with, and this extra step really brings that ou” >

Comment by saffronandhoney— March 27, 2019 #

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