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Correo Electrónico
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Ingredientes
- 3 cups old fashioned rolled oats (I used Bobâs Red Mill extra thick)
- 1½ cups (189 g) AP flour
- 1 t baking soda
- ¾ t fine sea salt
- â t cayenne powder
- ¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter
- 2 t vanilla (use 1 T if you do not have a vanilla bean)
- seeds from one plump, moist vanilla bean
- â cup dark brown sugar
- â cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 8 oz white chocolate, chopped into chunks (for this recipe I especially recommend Green and Blackâs, which has great vanilla flavor)
- vanilla sea salt, to taste
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