Akiko's Cookie

        Akiko Nishimura, an editorial photographer, took on a job as a part time pastry chef at Chinoyo, to help pay the bills. When she began baking for her friends, the response to her cookies was overwhelming. She took on a restaurant and a few private clients which forced her to solidify the recipes and create a brand: Akiko’s Cookie.

These “sweets for adults” are just what they sound like, delicious treats for a matured palate. Not too sweet and made using whole grains and organic ingredients, the flavor of these little bites is pure and satisfying. You can even heat them up in their individual wrappers for a fresh-baked experience.

The bite-sized cookies come in two flavors, Kagoshima (green tea) and Aphrodite (chocolate). The chocolate cookies use Belgian cocoa along with macadamia nuts, vanilla bean and whole-wheat pastry flour to make a rich and chocolaty cookie. The green tea cookies are a blend of whole-wheat pastry flour, green tea, almond, shochu and they really taste like green tea! They are earthy, aromatic and a refreshing change in flavor from the usual suspects in deserts.

Akiko is currently working from a Manhattan kitchen and developing her third cookie recipe, which will be vegan. After trying the first two, I can’t wait! You can find Akiko’s Cookie at Greene Grape Provisions in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, but if you want to find them closer to home, ask for them at your local specialty market, and tell them to contact AkikosCookie@gmail.com

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