Chocolate Chip Cricket Flour Cookies with Candied Crickets
by: Asli Peckan
Makes 20 cookies
INGREDIENTS:
Candied Crickets:
- ¼ cup dry roasted crickets
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 pinch salt
Dough:
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cricket flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¾ tsp salt
- 6 oz. bittersweet chocolate or 1 cup chocolate chips
- ⅔ cup packed light brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS:
Candied Crickets
- Heat sugar and butter in a small pan until butter is fully melted
- Add crickets and stir constantly until butter-sugar mixture begins to bubble and crickets are fully coated
- Remove crickets from pan onto a sheet of parchment paper
- Immediately separate crickets
- Allow them to harden while you prepare the dough
Dough:
- Heat butter in a small saucepan until melted, but not browned
- Chop chocolate into chunks and reserve ¼ cup for later
- Whisk flours, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl
- Transfer butter into a large bowl and whisk in sugars until smooth
- Add egg and egg yolks one at a time, whisk until the mixture has lightened in color and appears creamy
- Add dry ingredients to wet and stir with a rubber spatula until fully incorporated.
- Mix in ¾ of the chocolate chips and half of the candied crickets, reserving the rest as toppings
- Cover the dough and refrigerate for 2 hours
- Preheat the oven to 375°F and line two sheet trays with parchment paper
- Scoop 2-tbsp portions of dough and roll into balls. Space the dough at least 2 inches apart; they will spread in the oven
- Press reserved chocolate and candied crickets into the dough
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through, until the edges are golden
- Remove pans from the oven and sprinkle cookies with flaky salt. Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool
- Repeat with the remaining dough, making sure to chill the dough in the fridge between batches