If you want something sweet and want it quick and easy, why not making some cookies? Every time I have a desire for some sweet carbs, cookies are the easiest way to satisfy those cravings ;P With delicious cookies like these White Chocolate & Salted Pretzel Cookies, for example. Easy peasy and great flavors – that’s all I am asking for. That’s all I want :P
Americans love their cookies – you can get them basically everywhere. Supermarkets, bakeries, or coffee shops – cookies can be found in the most remote corners of the country. Here in Germany, we are catching slowly up when it comes to cookies. Several years ago you could get American-style cookies only in coffee shops – now they are available in many more places – even traditional German Bakeries started to bake and sell them. Seems the Germans like those big, oversized cookies loaded with chocolate, nuts, and more ;)
Though getting cookies to satisfy your cravings got much easier here, I still prefer homemade cookies. They are just better than the ones you can get in stores and coffee shops… most of the time. Some coffee shops here in Berlin sell some pretty dope cookies – somebody must have learned from the best of the best in the US ;P Anyway. Homemade is better most of the time because you have full control over the cookies – how small or big they get, how much chocolate, nuts, or whatever you add – if you use the right recipe and baked the cookies correctly, there is nothing better than eating one of those cookies right after coming out of the oven when still a bit warm…
These cookies here are made with a relatively simple basic dough – the “add-ons” make the cookies special: white chocolate and salty mini pretzels. Great combination! Sweetness from the dough and the white chocolate and some saltiness and crunch from the pretzels. Yum! The sweet ‘n’ salty combination is one of my favorites! If you haven’t tried yet, you should make these cookies here or one of my Chocolate Chip Cookie recipes with flaky sea salt… absolutely delicious!
INGREDIENTS / ZUTATEN
1/2 cup (120g) butter
1/2 cup (100g) brown sugar
1 medium egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups (170g) all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
3.5 oz. (100g) white chocolate, chopped
1.8 oz. (50g) mini salted pretzels, crushed
plus 12 mini salted pretzels for the decoration
120g Butter
100g brauner Zucker
1 Ei (M)
1 TL Vanille Extrakt
170g Mehl (Type 550)
1/2 TL Natron
1/4 TL Salz
100g weiße Schokolade, gehackt
50g Mini Salzbrezeln, zerbröselt
plus 12 Mini Salzbrezeln für die Dekoration
DIRECTIONS / ZUBEREITUNG
2. Add the butter and brown sugar to a large bowl and mix until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix until well combined. Mix the flour with baking soda, and salt and add to the bowl – mix until just combined. Add the chopped white chocolate and the crushed salted pretzels and fold in. Use a cookie scoop to place dough portions with enough space in between on the baking sheet. Place a small salted pretzel on each dough portion and bake for 10-12 minutes or until set around the edges but still soft in the middle. Take out of the oven and let cool down a bit on the baking sheet, then transfer to a wire rack and let cool down completely. Repeat with the remaining dough.
2. Die Butter und den braunen Zucker in eine große Schüssel geben und hell und luftig aufschlagen. Das Ei und den Vanille Extrakt dazugeben und alles gut verrühren. Mehl mit Natron und Salz vermischen und dann zur Schüssel dazugeben – nur kurz verrühren. Die gehackte Schokolade und die zerbröselten Salzbrezeln dazugeben und unterheben. Mit einem Cookie Scoop (Eisportionierer) oder Esslöffeln Teigportionen mit genügend Abstand zueinander auf das vorbereitete Blech setzen und jeweils eine kleine Salzbrezel hineindrücken, dann für 10-12 Minuten backen. Die Cookies sollten am Rand fest geworden sein, sich in der Mitte aber noch etwas weich anfühlen. Aus dem Ofen holen und auf dem Blech etwas abkühlen lassen, dann auf ein Kuchengitter setzen und komplett auskühlen lassen. Mit dem restlichen Teig wiederholen.
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White Chocolate Pretzel Cookies
- Prep Time: 00:15
- Cook Time: 00:18
- Total Time: 00:45
- Yield: 12
- Category: Cookies
- Cuisine: American
Description
Delicious chunky cookies with white chocolate and salted pretzel pieces. The perfect combination of sweet and salty.
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Enjoy baking!
I love my job, but in between I love to bake and try new things in the kitchen. A lot of my friends and colleagues encourage me to bake - for a very simple reason: they get the leftovers - and it seems they like it most of the time ;) 
