Cookies with Honey and Maple Syrup

Ingredients:

2 sticks unsalted butter
2 1/4 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 tbsp vanilla sugar (or regular)
2 tbsp honey
2-4 tbsp grade maple syrup (3-4 grade A or 2-3 grade B)
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (Giradellhi, works well for all)
1/2 cup milk chocolate
1/2 cup 60% cacao.

Instructions:

Heat oven to 350 degrees F.

Melt the butter in a heavy-bottom medium saucepan over low heat. Sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda and set aside.

Pour the melted butter in the mixer's work bowl. Add the sugar and brown sugar. Cream the butter and sugars on medium speed. Add honey and maple syrup followed by the egg, the yolk, 2 tablespoons milk and vanilla extract and mix until well combined. Slowly incorporate the flour mixture until thoroughly combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.

Chill the dough, then scoop onto parchment-lined baking sheets, 6 cookies per sheet. Brush on maple syrup. Bake for 14 minutes or until golden brown, checking the cookies after 7 minutes. Rotate the baking sheet for even browning. Cool completely and store in an airtight container.

Chewy Cookie Base, from Alton Brown

Ingredients:

2 sticks unsalted butter
2 1/4 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions:

Heat oven to 375 degrees F.

Melt the butter in a heavy-bottom medium saucepan over low heat. Sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda and set aside.

Pour the melted butter in the mixer's work bowl. Add the sugar and brown sugar. Cream the butter and sugars on medium speed. Add the egg, yolk, 2 tablespoons milk and vanilla extract and mix until well combined. Slowly incorporate the flour mixture until thoroughly combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.

Chill the dough, then scoop onto parchment-lined baking sheets, 6 cookies per sheet. Bake for 14 minutes or until golden brown, checking the cookies after 5 minutes. Rotate the baking sheet for even browning. Cool completely and store in an airtight container.

Blinchiki cheese filling

Absolutely delicious. A full recipe of this fills two recipes worth of crepes praline. Generally 2-3 per person is enough, and you can easily produce about 15 with two recipes of crepes.

Ingredients:
8oz cream cheese
8oz sour cream
2 tbsp butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar

Mix together.

Filling:
Cook only one side of the praline crepes.
Place large dollop on cooked side off center towards you. Fold over the dollop away from you. Bring the other side towards you and fold the sides in.

Heat skillet on medium with a pat of butter. Brown the all around, about 5 minutes. Dust with powdered sugar, honey, golden syrup, maple syrup, or sour cream.