Hazelnuts chocolate espresso cookies
Delicious and crumbly cookies made with hazelnut flour. Flavoured with chocolate and espresso powder. Drizzled with white chocolate and espresso. These hazelnuts chocolate espresso cookies are so scrumptious and lovely. They are easy to make and taste divine. On top of that, they are gluten-free!
These cookies are made entirely with hazelnut flour. Why? Because, I was curious if I can make cookies using only hazelnut flour and if cookies like this can be actually edible. I am glad that this experiment worked out and can share this new exciting recipe with you!
How to make hazelnuts chocolate espresso cookies?
These cookies are so simple to make, you just mix all the ingredients together, shape the cookie dough in a log, leave it in the fridge for few hours or overnight. Then you slice the cookie dough and you bake it. BOOM! Your delicious cookies are ready!
Please read the below recipe carefully, as there are important information included, like this one, about leaving the space between cookies on a baking tin - these cookies will spread a lot. I want to bring this to your attention as nobody likes a weird looking cookies. Or, does it not matter? Cookie monsters, I am asking you???!!!
What do the cookies taste like?
The consistency of these cookies is a little bit different. They are quite chewy as the are made of hazelnuts. They are soft and a little bit crumbly.
The flavour is nutty and buttery with a quite distinct coffee flavour. I used quite a lot of espresso powder in this recipe because in our house we are coffee addicts and we think that you can never have too much coffee. The sweetness also comes from milk and dark chocolate chips that work wonderfully with the rest of the ingredients.
C'mon! Is there any better combo than chocolate, hazelnut and coffee?? Just look at these cookies, they scream, EAT ME!
Hazelnuts chocolate espresso cookies with white chocolate espresso drizzle are great for breakfast or as a snack. Here I have to warn you, you will not end up having one cookie, it is just not possible.
If you are looking for more recipes with hazelnuts, I can recommend you the following:
Baci di dama - Italian hazelnut cookies
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Recipe source – my own
Buon appetito!
Delicious crumbly cookies made with hazelnut flour. Flavoured with chocolate and espresso powdered. Drizzled with white chocolate and espresso. Easy and fantastic!
- 300 g hazelnut flour (I used unblanched hazelnut flour. You can also grind shelled hazelnuts into a flour if you prefer. But do not over process it as it will turn it into a paste.)
- 60 g sugar (brown, soft)
- 225 g butter (unsated, room temperature)
- 1 tbsp espresso powder (instant, I like strong coffee flavour but you can use less if you wish)
- 1/4 tsp salt (table)
- 100 g chocolate chips (mixed dark and milk)
- 50 g white chocolate (melted)
- 1/2 tsp espresso powder (instant, optional)
Prepare 3 baking sheets lined with baking paper, set aside.
In a medium bowl, add butter, salt and sugar - cream it until soft. For about 5 min.
Add hazelnut flour and espresso powder and mix well.
Stir in chocolate chips.
When cookie dough is ready, take cling film and spread it on a flat surface.
Place cookie dough on a cling film and shape it into a log.
Wrap cling film around the log and place the in the fridge for about 4 hours or overnight.
When you are ready to bake, preheat the oven to 160C Fan.
Slice your log into around 0.7 cm discs ( I have received 24 cookies from my log)
Arrange the discs on baking trays, make sure that you leave a nice space in between discs and cookies will spread!
Bake in the oven for about 12 min or until golden on the edges.
Leave the cookies on baking trays to cool down a little bit and then transfer them to a cooling rack so they cool down completely. Please be gentle as the cookies may crumble.
Melt white chocolate, add espresso powder and drizzle the mixture over cookies.
Let the chocolate harden and enjoy!