7 cookies jacques torres Recipes

unsalted butter, room temperature, granulated sugar , plus, granulated sugar, light brown sugar , packed, light brown sugar , packed, eggs, vanilla, pastry flour , plus, pastry flour, bread flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, good quality dark chocolate, chopped coarsely

minus 2 tbsp cake flour (8 1/2 oz by weight), bread flour (8 1/2 oz by weight), baking soda, baking powder, coarse salt, unsalted butter, light brown sugar (10 oz by weight), granulated sugar , plus, granulated sugar (8 oz by weight), eggs, vanilla extract, bittersweet chocolate (disks or feves, at least 60 percent cacao content ( see note), sea salt

plain tree branches, bittersweet chocolate , tempered, assorted items to hang from the tree , for example: cookies, petit fours, fresh fruits such as cherries or raspberries, orange peels, white chocolate leaves, etc.

vanilla bean, cold unsalted butter, cubed, powdered sugar, egg yolks, orange , zested, baking powder, salt, all-purpose flour, cold unsalted butter, cubed, vanilla bean, powdered sugar, egg yolks, orange , zested, baking powder, salt, all-purpose flour, unsweetened dutch-processed cocoa powder

white chocolate , tempered, cocoa butter, powdered food coloring, as desired