Heart-shaped Walnut & Cinnamon Cookies
User Reviews
4.9
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Course
Dessert
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Cuisine
International
Heart-shaped Walnut & Cinnamon Cookies
Description
The Heart-shaped Walnut & Cinnamon Cookies feature a dough made from dates and nuts ground to a smooth mixture, sweetened with powdered sugar and lightly spiced with cinnamon. Eggs bind the dough, and flour is added gradually to reach a stretchable dough consistency. The dough is rolled out moderately thin and cut into heart shapes before baking at medium heat until just starting to turn light color, avoiding hardness.
The texture is soft and slightly sticky after baking, which provides a tender bite. Cooling on racks helps retain the ideal texture. Filling with strawberry jam adds a fruity sweetness that complements the nutty and cinnamon flavors. Decoration with melted dark chocolate, butter, milk, almond flakes, and mini marshmallows enhances both taste and appearance.
These cookies make a thoughtful treat for occasions where a delicate nutty flavor and cinnamon aroma are appreciated. The combination of ingredients gives a moist, tender cookie rather than a crisp, dry one.
Ingredients
Dough
- 100 g dates
- 350 g walnuts
- 100 g powdered sugar
- 2 egg
- 1 pinch salt
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- flour
Filling
- strawberry jam
Decoration
- 100 g dark chocolate
- 20 g butter
- 1 tbsp milk
- almond flakes
- mini marshmallows
Instructions
How to make Heart-shaped Walnut and Cinnamon Cookies
- Place the nuts and dates in a food processor. Grind them until you get a homogeneous mixture.
- Turn off the food processor and add the sugar, eggs, cinnamon and 2-3 tablespoons of flour.
- Start to knead a homogeneous dough, adding flour gradually until you get a dough that can be stretched.
- It's okay if the dough is a bit sticky, it will come out softer this way. If you put too much flour, the cookies will be hard after baking.
- Roll out the dough on the work surface, into a 0.5cm (0.2 inch) thick sheet.
- Cut the the dough into hearts, or any other shapes you have around the house.
- Preheat the oven to medium heat and line a large baking tray with baking paper.
- Place the hearts in the tray and bake for 13-15 minutes until they begin to turn a light color. Do not over bake as they will be too hard.
- Remove from the oven and leave in the tray for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a cooling rack.
- When cooled, the cookies can be filled with strawberry jam or any other jam you like. Try to use a more substantial jam.
- Leave the filled hearts until the next day when you can decorate them.
- Melt the chocolate together with the butter and milk over low heat.
- Dip one side of the hearts in the glaze then place them on a grill with the glazed side up.
- Do the same with all the hearts.
- Garnish with almond flakes, chopped nuts or mini marshmallows.
- Enjoy!
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.9
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