Santa Fe Chocolate Wafers

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 lb butter (1 stick)
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate (i prefer 80% chocolate) or 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate (i prefer 80% chocolate)
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 extra large egg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 sift together dry ingredients and set aside.
• 3 cut butter into ½-inch slices, and add to medium saucepan over low heat.
• 4 add the chocolate, sugar, and corn syrup, stirring until smooth.
• 5 remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes; add vanilla extract and egg, stirring until smooth.
• 6 gently add in flour mixture, until once again smooth.
• 7 you can go ahead and bake them off right here, but i prefer to refrigerate the mixture for 20 or so minutes; the cookies will hold their shapes better.
• 8 drop a rounded teaspoonful of batter onto a silpat or parchment paper-covered baking sheet, pressing down slightly to flatten.
• 9 the cookies puff up as they bake, and will be finished when they have flattened, about 10-15 minutes.
• 10 i like to under bake these just a bit, but be careful about over baking--the chocolate will taste burnt.
• 11 let the cookies sit for a minute on the sheets before removing to a cooling tray.
• 12 store airtight.