Author Notes
A favorite restaurant of ours is Sage, a lovely little vegetarian place in a shopping center north of Chapel Hill. The owner is Iranian and the food includes hummus, tabbouli, lots of eggplant, and other familiar Middle Eastern dishes--and those things are delicious--but it also goes way beyond.
The last time we were there, I picked up a copy of the restaurant's cookbook. Here is a recipe for a wonderful cookie. —Nora
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Ingredients
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1 1/2 cups
Chopped walnuts
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2
Egg yolks
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3/4 cup
Brown sugar
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1/2 teaspoon
Vanilla extract
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2 tablespoons
Cocoa powder
Directions
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Heat your oven to 300 degrees.
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Beat the egg yolks until creamy. Add the sugar and chopped walnuts and mix thoroughly. Stir in the vanilla and the cocoa if you're using it.
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Drop the batter by teaspoon onto a cookie sheet lined with a Silpat or parchment paper.
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Bake at 300 degrees for 12-15 minutes. Put the cookie sheet on a cooling rack for a few minutes before removing the cookies to the rack to finish cooling.
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