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Correo Electrónico
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Ingredientes
- 200 g (1⅓ cups) AP flour
- 100 g (2/3 cup) white whole wheat flour
- 1 t baking soda
- ½ t baking powder
- ½ t kosher salt
- 1 cup flaked coconut, lightly toasted
- 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- ½ cup Valrhona dark chocolate baking pearls
- 1½ cups cocoa puffed rice cereal
- 2 3-oz white chocolate bars chopped into chunks
- 8 oz (1 cup/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup, packed, light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 t ground vanilla beans (sub more extract if necessary)
- 2 t vanilla extract
- vanilla salt for sprinkling
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