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Wednesday, June 25, 2025 The Braselton News Page 11A Braselton/Barrow County Nurse practitioner at NGPG in Braselton and Barrow providing hormone replacement care and gynecology Sylvia Collier Sylvia Collier has joined Northeast Georgia Physi cians Group as as a nurse practitioner specializing in gynecological women’s health, with a focus on hor mone replacement therapy, with Northeast Georgia Phy sicians Group (NGPG) OB/ GYN in Bethlehem and Bra selton. She provides evi dence-based care that ad dresses the unique needs of women navigating hormon al changes at various life stages. “I was fortunate to grow up with my mother and aunts, who were all nurses at various levels,” Collier said. “Watching their dedication and pride in their work in stilled a deep respect for the profession and a desire to follow in their footsteps.” Collier earned her nursing degree from Hampton Uni versity in Virginia and her master’s degree from Jack sonville State University in Alabama. She brings over two decades of experience in women’s health, includ ing time as a Navy Corps- man and many years spent in labor and delivery before honing her expertise in gy necology and bio-identical hormone replacement ther apy- While in her masters pro gram, Collier completed an OB/GYN rotation with NGPG. “That experience affirmed my passion for helping women, and NGPG felt like home, so I realized this is where I wanted to be long term,” Collier explained. “I am extremely happy to be part of this community per sonally and professionally.” Collier will be practicing alongside Amber French, DO, who has been pivotal in providing bio-identical hormone replacement thera py to help women across the region. “We are excited to wel come Sylvia to our team,” Dr. French said. “And I’m personally excited to have a colleague who is also passionate about focusing on gynecology, specifical ly helping women navigate hormonal transitions such as perimenopause and meno pause.” For more information, visit ngpg.org/collier or call 770-848-9335. Local recipe Balancing salty and sweet with the salted chocolate pistachio cookie By Melisssa Reycraft There is no denying my love of chocolate. It consumes me, almost as much of my love of salt. In fact, I teeter-totter between which I’m craving and in which form. Will it be a secretly salty dinner adorned with capers or will it be a wonderful scoop of roasted strawberry ice cream? Most of the time I can’t decide so whenever I can find the perfect excuse to balance the two I jump all over it. And thus the perfect salted chocolate pistachio cookie was born. I’ve not come across a chocolate cookie I love as much as this one. The edges are crisp, the center soft, the salt on top hits your tongue with each bite, and the pis tachios add a much need ed earthy crunch that cuts through the rich chocolate base allowing you to eat more than you anticipated. However, if you’re like my daughter and prefer to have your pistachios in a wak 9: 32 Photo by Melissa Reycraft The salted chocolate pistachio cookie balances cravings for both salty and sweet treats. bowl rather than baked in a cookie, you can omit the green nuggets of goodness and opt for white chocolate chips instead. She insisted she wouldn’t like the cookies baked with pistachios and I insisted, motherly, that she would indeed enjoy them baked in the cookie. She did not enjoy them baked in the cookie and I was left making another batch studded with white instead of green. No loss though, now we have more sweet and salty cookies to satiate my crav ings. Yield 18-20 cookies 215 grams all purpose flour 50 grams dutch process cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking powder // teaspoon baking soda 130 grams unsalted butter, room temperature 145 grams granulated sugar 150 grams dark brown sugar % teaspoon kosher salt 1 large egg 1 large yolk 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 100 grams chocolate chunks (or chips) 100 grams lightly salt ed and roasted pistachios (slightly crushed) Maldon sea salt for sprin kling -Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking tray with parchment paper or a nonstick silicone baking mat. -In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa pow der, baking powder, and baking soda. -In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together the dark brown sugar, gran ulated sugar, salt, and butter until light and fluffy. -With the mixer set to low speed, add the egg and yolk. Mix until combined, scrape down the sides, and add the vanilla extract. -Add the flour mixture and mix on low speed until almost combined. Add the pistachios and chocolate chunks and mix until no flour streaks remain. -Scoop cookies using a large cookie scoop (about 2 tablespoons worth or 60 grams). Place 8 scoops, evenly spaced, on your pre pared half sheet tray. Light ly flatten the tops using the palm of your hand or the bottom of a clean glass. Sprinkle maldon sea salt on top of each cookie. -Bake for 10-12 minutes until the middle of the cook ies have slightly puffed and the cookie no longer looks shiny on top. The middle will be soft but will con tinue to set as it cools. Let cool completely on the tray before enjoying. You can bake the remaining cook ies in batches or flatten the tops and freeze in an airtight freezer bag for later use. When baking from frozen, add 1 minute to the baking time. Melissa Reycraft lives in Hoschton and is a former New York City pastry chef. 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