Black Pepper Snowballs [Vengeful] by Becca Rea-Tucker
Dousing things in powdered sugar is a great activity when you’re incandescent with thoughts of revenge.
This is one of two featured recipes from Baking by Feel: Recipes to Sort Out Your Emotions (Whatever They Are Today!) by this week’s guest, Becca Rea-Tucker Paid subscribers can also enjoy Becca’s recipe for Chocolate Espresso Shortbread. You can also hear our conversation with Becca here.
Excerpted with permission from Baking by Feel: Recipes to Sort Out Your Emotions (Whatever They Are Today!) by Becca Rea-Tucker:
I know you might be skeptical about the pepper. In fact, adding black pepper to cookies might even sound like a form of revenge! But just suspend your doubt and trust me for an hour—I promise you it works. These are a variation of the traditional holiday cookie—full of ground nuts and completely covered in powdered sugar. They have a deep, sweet, satisfying flavor from the toasted walnuts, dark brown sugar, and a healthy pinch of freshly ground black pepper. You mix the cookie dough with your hands (yay). And please note: It does not have to be a holiday for you to make and enjoy these cookies.
Dousing things in powdered sugar is a great activity when you’re incandescent with thoughts of revenge. There’s something really cathartic about being able to visualize the furious feeling flying all around you.
VENGEFUL
YOU MIGHT BE FEELING: like you deserve compensation for the wrongs perpetrated against you
I’m so sorry that someone did you wrong. And I’m positive that you don’t deserve it. Also: I’m glad you know what you deserve, and recognize that you didn’t get it. Wanting revenge is super common! I’m pretty sure it serves as the plotline in 75 percent of thriller movies. Vengeful is, by definition, a past-focused feeling. So let’s spend some time dreaming about the future. Here’s what I want you to do: Spend the next five-ish minutes writing down everything that you want from your life. This can be anything! Places you want to visit, the chosen family you want to build, feelings you want to experience, contributions you want to make, foods you want to try. maybe you want to live in a house on a cliff next to the sea. maybe you want to invent something that no one’s ever thought of. maybe you want to host huge holiday dinners with your approximately sixteen grandchildren. maybe you want to learn how to make wine or win a spicy pepper eating contest. maybe you want all of these things, or none of them! Whatever it is you hope for, take some time to envision all the wonderful things you completely deserve.
SERVINGS
Makes about 36 cookies
THE RECIPE
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