Ingredients
225 g sweet unsalted butter
100 g powdered sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla sugar
3 egg yolks
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, to taste(she said 2 dashes)
200 g all-purpose flour
40 g unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
125 g finely ground hazelnuts
2 cups nutella chocolate hazelnut spread, approximately
125 g bittersweet chocolate, more as needed(such as Lindt brand) (optional)
1 teaspoon shortening (optional)
Directions
1Preheat oven to 350掳F.
2Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
3Have ready a pastry bag with an small round opening tip or ziploc type baggie and some scissors to snip off the end (once filled with dough).
4Cream butter until smooth and creamy.
5Add powdered sugar, vanilla sugar, egg yolks, and cinnamon and mix until well blended.
6Add flour, baking powder, and cocoa powder by spoonfuls (using an ordinary large soup spoon), until just mixed inches.
7Stir in the ground hazelnuts.
8Fill pastry bag and squeeze about 1 1/2'; long sticks onto the lined baking sheets (or you can squirt out round drops).
9Bake at 350掳F for about 8-10 minutes.
10Let cool on wire racks.
11When cool, use an icing spatula to spread some Nutella on a cookie (bottoms inward), then stick another cookie to it making a sandwich.
12Optional decorative step:Melt bittersweet chocolate%26amp; shortening together in a double boiler and dip one end of each cookie sandwich into the melted chocolate.
13Let cool on wax paper until chocolate is hardened.
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