For the longest time, I have intended to go to the Buchon Bakery in Beverly Hills. Coincidentally (or not. . .) I received a Buchon Bakery cookbook this past Christmas. The recipes are absolutely divine. Only the finest ingredients, detailed descriptions, stunning photographs and the most decadent collection of crispy, flakey, buttery pastries, cookies and other baked treats. Needless to say, I made a point to visit the bakery, ASAP.
I ordered a TKO, which the lady behind the mystical counter of treats, said is "a million times better than an oreo". I'm not a big oreo fan, but I was so intrigued.
. . . it . was . amazing . Two rich dark chocolate shortbread cookies filled with a white chocolate ganache. The cookie had fluted edges and the filling was piped to mirror the cookie. Adorable.
As I followed the recipe in my cookbook, I learned that TKO stands for Thomas Keller Oreo. T. K. is the founder of Buchon. Genius.
The recipe suggests to use some classy, expensive, fancy chocolates and ingredients for the cookies . . . . . . but . . . Ralphs for some reason didn't carry the specific ingredients so I opted for Hershey's cocoa powder (oh, don't hiss at me - they still tasted amazing! ) and ghirardelli's white chocolate for the ganache.
E n j o y !
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