Chocolate Hazelnut Amaretti Cookies Recipes

CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT COOKIES (SUGAR-FREE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 160°C/320F and line a baking tray with greaseproof paper.
• Make the flax egg: add the ground flax seeds and water to a small bowl and stir. Let it rest for at least 5 minutes to thicken (see note 2).
• Take 1 cup of hazelnuts and grind them into a coarse powder in a food processor. Don't worry if you get some bigger chunks. They will add extra texture to the cookies. Set aside the ground hazelnuts in a mixing bowl.
• In the same food processor, blend the Medjool dates into a paste by adding 1 tablespoon of water and the flax egg.
• Chop the remaining 1/3 cup (50 g) of hazelnuts into chunkier pieces and spread them onto a tray or a plate.
• Combine the ground hazelnuts, date paste, salt, and cacao powder in a large mixing bowl. Mix it all well to bind all the ingredients together and produce a thick, sticky dough.
• Divide the dough into 10 equally sized pieces. Roll each portion of dough between the palms of your hands to form a ball. Squash the ball a bit to give it a cookie shape, then lightly press each one into the chopped hazelnuts to coat.
• Place the cookies on a parchment-lined baking tray. Bake for about 10 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool down before moving them to a plate or airtight container. Be careful as they are pretty soft when they are hot. Resist the urge to try one warm, as they are much better when they cool down.

CHOCOLATE AMARETTI COOKIES

Steps:

• Adjust oven racks in the upper-third and lower-third positions. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Break the almond paste into small pieces and add it to the bowl of a food processer along with the sugar, cocoa powder and salt. Process until the almond paste is very finely chopped and well incorporated with the salt and sugar. Add the egg whites and vanilla, and process until a smooth dough forms, about 30 seconds. With a small scoop or spoon, dollop the batter onto the baking sheets, 1 tablespoon at a time, spaced 2 inches apart. Top each cookie with a few almond slivers and sprinkle with sanding sugar.
• Bake until the cookies have risen and cracked slightly but are still soft in the center, 13 to 14 minutes; rotate the baking sheets halfway through. Allow the cookies to cool completely on the baking sheets. Store in an airtight container.

CHOCOLATE-HAZELNUT AMARETTI COOKIES

Steps:

• Cover baking sheet with waxed paper. Pour coffee into shallow dish. Dip flat sides of cookies, 1 at a time, in coffee; place, dipped sides up, in single layer on prepared baking sheet. Drizzle with any leftover coffee.
• Mix cream cheese and chocolate-hazelnut spread until blended; spread onto flat sides of 36 cookies, adding about 1 tsp. cream cheese mixture to each. Cover with remaining cookies, flat sides down, to make 36 cookie sandwiches.
• Place nuts in shallow dish. Roll edges of cookie sandwiches in nuts. Return to baking sheet. Refrigerate 1 hour.

CHOCOLATE AMARETTI COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Place almonds on a sml baking sheet & bake 10-12 minutes, turning occ till golden brown. Allow almonds to cool to room temperature Reduce oven temp to 325°F.
• Line a lrg baking sheet w/baking parchment. In a food processor, process the toasted almonds w/half the sugar till the almonds are finely ground but not oily.
• Transfer the ground almonds to a bowl & stir in cocoa powder & confectioner's sugar. Set aside.
• In a med mixing bowl, beat egg whites & cream of tartar w/a hand-held mixer till stiff peaks form.
• Sprinkle in the remaining sugar 1 tbsp at a time, beating well after ea addition & cont beating till the whites are glossy & stiff. Beat in the almond extract.
• Add the almond sugar mixture & gently fold into the beaten egg whites till just blended.
• Spoon the mixture into a lrg piping bag filled w/a plain 1/2 in nozzle. Pipe 1 1/2 in rounds about 1 in apart on the prepared baking sheet. Press a slivered almond into the center of ea cookie.
• Bake cookies for 12-15 minutes or till they are crisp. Cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes.
• W/a metal spatula, transfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely. When cool, store in an airtight jar or cookie tin.