{"id":28116,"date":"2020-12-01T11:53:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T10:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/?p=28116"},"modified":"2025-11-02T16:24:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T15:24:46","slug":"salted-peanut-chocolate-drop-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/salted-peanut-chocolate-drop-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Salted Peanut and chocolate drop cookies. And Christmas rituals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Salted peanuts and chocolate chips cookies: a perfect combo for those who love the sweet and salty contrast.<\/span><\/p>\n

In general, I always add a pinch of salt to sweet recipes to enhance the flavors.<\/span><\/p>\n

I love cookie recipes where, unexpectedly and suddenly, a grain of salt explodes in your mouth, a bit like what happens <\/span>in the buttery and delicious shortbread<\/span><\/strong> cookies I used to make a cookie cake.<\/span><\/p>\n

Returning to the salted peanut cookies, they came about by chance. However, after tasting them, it was a lucky coincidence.<\/span><\/p>\n

The secret is to chop the peanuts coarsely with a knife.<\/p>\n

You can use all-purpose flour, or a mix of whole wheat and all-purpose flour, or even spelt flour.<\/span><\/p>\n

They are good for breakfast and after dinner. You can make them for your family, colleagues, friends, or as gifts.<\/span><\/p>\n

After all, cookies call for sharing. In full Christmas spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Salted<\/p>\n

The spirit of Christmas<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

The spirit of my past, present, and, I hope, future Christmases is nourished by rituals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some have changed, but that doesn’t mean they’ve been forgotten. Others have been added along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to the great ritual of Christmas dinner, there are several more minor but no less important rituals. It is the whole package that, over time, forms a patina that clings like a garment to the spirit of Christmas that each of us keeps in the folds of our hearts. And it is these that I would like to talk to you about today.<\/span><\/p>\n

As well as, of course, cookies with salted peanuts and chocolate drops.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ritual of Christmas cookies<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Even though I have lost the religiousness of the past, my rituals are still marked by the Catholic calendar.<\/span><\/p>\n

The tree is decorated for the Immaculate Conception on December 8, when, at least once, the city lights were turned on and Christmas became an official event.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, everything is brought forward a little, in the hope that the magic of the lights will work its miracle.<\/span><\/p>\n

I don’t know if this is right or wrong, but I understand the reason behind it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since I got married, I have celebrated the first evening with the tree lit up, baking cookies that fill the house with their aroma.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the following days, I bake many more. Always in the evening, after dinner, when the pace slows down.<\/span><\/p>\n

Home, the tree lit up, lights and candles, Christmas movies in the background, Emma the dog peeking through the kitchen door every time I open the oven door, the smell of cookies, the baking sheets, one batch after another.<\/span><\/p>\n

Making cookies is a sequence of actions that generates happiness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Knead, bake, wait. Repeat.<\/span><\/p>\n

And hence the certainty that the spirit of Christmas must – necessarily – also include a part of cookies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Buona cucina, Monica<\/p>\n

Keep in Touch<\/b><\/h5>\n