These 6 ingredient eggless cookies are incredibly easy to make and so delicious.
They are called Baci di Dama cookies from the Piedmont region of Italy. Add them to your holiday cookie list. Everyone will love them
Ingredients
Makes 20-22 cookies
3.5 oz (100 grams) Unsalted Butter, softened at room temp
½ Cup Sugar
¾ Cups Flour
3.7 oz (¾ cups) Ground Hazelnuts
⅛ tsp. Salt
Chocolate Filling
80 grams Dark Chocolate, melted
Method
Preheat the oven to 320 degrees.
Line a cookie sheet with parchment
In a bowl, use a hand mixer to combine the butter and sugar. This might take a few minutes. The butter should be creamy and the sugar almost dissolved
Next add in the hazelnuts, flour and salt. Combine well. A cookie dough will form. Be sure to scrape down the bowl when combining all the ingredients. Form into a ball and put it back in the bowl.
Next, chill the dough for 15 minutes in the refrigerator. Take 1 tsp pieces from the dough and roll into tiny balls.
Place each ball on the parchment.
Bake for 35 minutes.
Cool the cookies.
Fill a small pot halfway with water and heat. Bring to a slight boil. Place the chocolate in a bowl that securely fits on top of the pot. You are essentially creating a double boiler. Mix the chocolate while it begins to melt with a spatula. Melt until smooth, but slightly thick. Cool slightly.
Flip the cookie so that the flat part is facing up. Put some chocolate on top of half of the cookies. Top with the other half of the cookie to make a little sandwich cookie.
Serve.
Helpful hints for the hazelnuts. If you can’t find hazelnuts that are ground already, you can easily make your own! Use whole, shelled hazelnuts, preferably with the skins removed, and pulse them in a food processor until finely ground. Use short pulses so you don’t turn them into hazelnut butter.