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Chocolate Canestrelli Cookies

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.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Chilling Time
2 hrs
Total Time
2 hrs 22 mins
Servings: 50 cookies
Calories: 44 kcal
Course: Dessert , Baked Goods
Cuisine: Italian

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

Instructions

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Pre-heat oven to 335° (170° celsius). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
  5. 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. 
  6. 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

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

% 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.