Me, too.
These cookies, called World Peace Cookies, are from renown baker Dorie Greenspan’s bestselling new cookbook, Dorie’s Cookies. (Buy the book for someone you love. It is a wonderful cookbook with inspired recipes for both sweet and savory cookies.)
In the introduction to Greenspan’s World Peace Cookie recipe, she uses the word “phenomenal” to describe these cookies. No exaggeration there in my opinion. These cookies are knock-your-socks-off chocolaty. They’re tender. They’re edgy with just a hint of fleur de sel. They are everything you want a cookie to be.
Greenspan credits the original recipe to France’s most-acknowledged pastry chef, Pierre Herme. Originally called Korova Cookies after Herme’s restaurant, the cookies have followed a circuitous route to their current name. Greenspan credits a Paris neighbor with the idea of naming the cookies World Peace Cookies, an idea she embraced and included in her cookbooks.
With justified pride, Greenspan notes that an Internet search for “World Peace Cookie” yields more than ten million references.
The Food 52 food site says of these cookies, “Of all the cookies you will bake (and eat) this holiday season, this is the one people will remember.”
Huffington Post published a food article yesterday titled “The Recipes that Changed our Lives in 2016.” Greenspan’s World Peace cookie is among the recipes listed.
My message to you as we approach a new year fraught with uncertainty is to put your money on world peace (cookies).
Happy New Year to you all. Thank you for reading Blue Cayenne and thank you for recommending this blog to your friends.
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