Chocolate Canestrelli Cookies
User Reviews
5.0
6 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
10 mins
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Chilling Time
2 hrs
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Total Time
2 hrs 22 mins
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Servings
50 cookies
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Calories
44 kcal
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Course
Dessert, Baked Goods
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Cuisine
Italian
Chocolate Canestrelli Cookies
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A delicious Italian Cookie, these Chocolate Canestrelli are crunchy, buttery with a delicious taste of chocolate. Perfect as a snack with a cup of tea.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour (at least 11% protein)
- 9 tablespoons powdered / icing /confectioners sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- ½ cup + 2 tablespoons corn starch (80 grams total)
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened dutch processed cocoa
- ⅔ cup butter (cold)
- 3 large hard boiled egg yolks
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Instructions
- Place eggs in a pot and cover with cold water, heat until boiling, then remove from heat and let sit 8-10 minutes. Place under cold water. Remove the shell and white part of the eggs, let the hard boiled yolks cool then mash very well with a fork.
- Sift together the flour, sugar, salt, corn starch and cocoa into the bowl of your food processor, add the cold cut up butter and pulse a few times until you have coarse crumbs.
- Add the mashed cooled egg yolks and pulse until the dough almost comes together. Move to a flat surface and gently knead into a compact smooth dough. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 1-2 hours or even over night.
- Pre-heat oven to 335° (170° celsius). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Remove the dough from the fridge, on a lightly floured flat surface, start with rolling out half the dough to 1/3 inch (1 cm) thickness and cut with a small size flower cookie cutter, using a straw or any small round hole cutter (1-1½ inches/2½-3½ cm), cut a hole in the middle of the flower.
- Place the cut out cookies on the prepared baking sheets and bake for approximately 10-12 minutes, cookies should not brown. Let cookies rest 5 minutes then move to wire racks to cool completely, dust with powdered sugar before serving if desired. Enjoy!
Notes
- If you don't have a food processor you can make the dough by hand or with a stand mixer, but on low speed.
- The cookies can be kept in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks, if your home is too warm I would advise refrigerating them. You can also freeze them in a freezer safe bag or container for up to 3 months.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
44kcal
(2%)
Carbohydrates
4g
(1%)
Fat
2g
(3%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Cholesterol
18mg
(6%)
Sodium
23mg
(1%)
Potassium
9mg
(0%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
90IU
(2%)
Calcium
3mg
(0%)
Iron
0.2mg
(1%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 50cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 44 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 44kcal | 2% |
| Carbohydrates | 4g | 1% |
| Fat | 2g | 3% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 18mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 23mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 9mg | 0% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 90IU | 2% |
| Calcium | 3mg | 0% |
| Iron | 0.2mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
5.0
6 reviews
Excellent
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