Dark chocolate pomegranate cookies.

[seanan_mcguire]

Having been asked (about fifteen times) to post this, I now present you with the recipe for dark chocolate chip pomegranate cookies. You will need:

* Three cups of all-purpose flour
* One teaspoon of baking soda
* One-half teaspoon of salt
* One cup of granulated sugar
* Two-thirds of a cup of packed light brown sugar

* One cup of softened butter or margarine
* Two large eggs
* One tablespoon of vanilla extract
* One quarter-cup of pomegranate molasses

* One twelve-ounce bag of dark chocolate chips
* One-half cup of pomegranate seeds

Line several cookie trays with parchment paper, as the cookies will be sticky when they first come out of the oven, and it's best if they stick to something other than your actual cookie tray (you may need it for another batch, depending on how many trays you have). Mix your flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl that you aren't in danger of knocking over. Put it to one side. In another, bigger bowl, mix your butter, granulated sugar, white sugar, pomegranate molasses, eggs, and vanilla until they form a sugary pudding-like goo that you really just want to eat with a spoon (but won't, due to the presence of raw eggs in the mix).

Begin adding your flour mixture to the wet ingredients, mixing thoroughly as you go. First the contents of your bowl will look like some sort of horrible elementary school art project. Gradually, they will turn into cookie dough. When this happens, mix in the chocolate chips and pomegranate seeds. Stir to distribute as evenly as possible through the mixture. Put the dough in the fridge for an hour. Go do something else. Watch TV. Read a book. Read my book. I don't care. It's your hour.

Actually, I lied. After about forty-five minutes, come back and pre-heat your oven to 400 F/around 205 C.

Once you're ready to bake, put tablespoons of dough on your cookie trays, about two inches apart (to allow for spread). You may need to mash them a little with your spoon or hand to get them to stay in place. Bake at 400 F/around 205 C until light brown (usually eight to ten minutes; longer if you want crispy cookies). Allow to cool at least a little before eating. The pomegranate seeds will soften to the texture of baked walnuts, while the juice parts will be little exploding sweet-sour surprises.

Eat.

Comments

[bercilakslady.livejournal.com]

Looks tasty. I even have pomegranate molasses in my cupboard.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[blitheringpooks.livejournal.com]

This is fascinating and enticing. I may actually try these, and this Christmas I'm not doing much of anything.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Rock on.

[valdary.livejournal.com]

Never thought of using pomegranites in cooking, I've never seen pomegranite molasses. Sounds fun and worth a try at making though, as a lot of people seem to like chocolate.

[amazon-syren.livejournal.com]

Middle Eastern grocery stores. Or so I gather. :-)

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

In case you don't have pomegranate molasses.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Excellent, thank you.

[damiana-swan.livejournal.com]

*adds to memories and tries to remember where I've seen pomegranate molasses because I obviously need some*

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Middle Eastern and kosher grocery stores.

[angel-vixen.livejournal.com]

After I read your article, I posted my thinkings on dark chocolate/pomegranate cookies, prompting the bakers on my list to come up with several variations -- your recipe is headed straight to the top of the "To Try Out" list, and I'll have to let you know what else comes of the adventure.

I am looking forward to this perhaps a little too much, but it's nice to be excited about food again after an autumn of "Oh, fix what you like, honey; I'm too tired to care." :)

AngelVixen :-)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yay caring about food again! Enjoy your cookies. :)

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

Oh man oh man. Can we make these while you're here? I will comb the city to find pomegranate molasses. I'm sure Torrey can help me.

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Vix, if you can't find middle eastern groceries up your way, come south. They're all over Tukwila and Columbia City and such like. Matter of fact? I might just hafta swing by one on lunch... :)

my laugh is an evil laugh,
ha ha munch munch *ded of the yum* :)

[keristor.livejournal.com]

I've never seen or heard of pomegranate molasses before this (yes, I have now seen the link; interesting concept).

But there were some very important parts missing from your method. I refer, of course, to "extract cat from bowl", "pick up bowl from floor where cat knocked it", "wash cat", "go to ER for injuries sustained while washing cat", etc. *g*

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I was trying to be inclusive.

[amazon-syren.livejournal.com]

Sweet! :-D

<*adds to file of Chocolate-Pom Cookie recipes*>

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[mskauri.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! Thanks for the link on making Pom-molasses too!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Very welcome!

[markbernstein.livejournal.com]

Sounds yummy. If you're not already familiar, you might want to take a look at Silpat. I like them better than parchment paper.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Neat, thanks!

[snowwolf75.livejournal.com]

Interesting recipe... and since I've had a desire to bake something for my family's Christmas feast, I believe I'll do this. There are a few ME/kosher stores near where I work, so i shall hit those on my way home (if I remember).
Can you give an estimate as to how many cookies this would make? a dozen or two, perhaps?

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

It depends on how big your cookies are. Anywhere from three to five dozen, depending.

[markbernstein.livejournal.com]

Oh, and on the subject of baking, this amused me greatly.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

WIN.

[hms42]

Thank you. I shared this with my brother in law who bakes cookies for the holidays as a gift.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Excellent.

[quettalinde.livejournal.com]

Adding this to my memories so I don't lose it.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Awwwww, thanks!

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

I love the fact you mentioned the need - and why - for the parchment paper right up front.

In my world, we made jelly out of the pomegranates, if we didn't eat them out of hand - a dear family friend had an orchard full of pomegranate trees and they were a staple, along with the walnuts, plums and apricots, while I was growing up. (Sadly, a lot of those orchards are now houses. Yay, not so much.)

You can also put up pomegranate liquor - juice, vodka and a bit of sugar - bottle and put away for years at a time. After about five, it turns golden in color.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Parchment. It's not just for proclamations anymore.

[dimloep-suum.livejournal.com]

Ooooh. Must try these.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Nom!

[shiyiya.livejournal.com]

That sounds amazing @.@

I must find pomegranate molasses. And get another pomegranate for the seeds.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

There are some good pointers on where to buy it, and how to make it yourself, in the comments above.

[ravens-shadow.livejournal.com]

My mom just spent all of yesterday baking, mostly various biscotti (I love the dried cherry ones, something about the orange zest brings out the flavor of the cherries too), but I will be poised to make these as soon as the sugary mound has gone down a bit. I -love- dark chocolate and pomegranates. I have to keep my eyes peeled for the molasses, but if I can't find it, I've got the recipe bookmarked.

Thank you for sharing, Seanan.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Ooooooooooo, biscotti.

You're welcome!

[ceosanna.livejournal.com]

These sound divine.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

They are.

Upon reading this, I'm compelled to wonder...

[eksleebriss.livejournal.com]

Seanan, what are your views on marriage?

Re: Upon reading this, I'm compelled to wonder...

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Can be fun, done correctly. :)

[black-faery.livejournal.com]

Om nom nom....I may have to add these to my list of 'things what to make next week' :-)

Do you think they would work without eggs? *looks vaguely hopeful*

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I can't see why not. I'd suggest looking up a recipe for vegan molasses cookies, and then sort of hybridizing the two in order to get a tasty, tasty whole.

[xap]

Not only are these lovely on their own, they've inspired kitchen science :)
Okay, so we just needed more chocolate in our lives the other day *grin* Still, would never have had the idea (or the right base) without you

Anyway, thanks for sharing!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, cookies.

[quadrivium.livejournal.com]

Pomegranate molasses. Where might one find that I wonder? Sounds very yummy!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Most Middle Eastern food stores will have it, also many kosher markets.

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