Italian Cookies Kisses Ladies (it. Baci di Dama) – this delicious nutty chocolate sandwich cookie. Has come it is from Italian Piedmont, a region rich in hazelnuts and producing most of all Italian chocolate. therefore no wonder this friable cookie melting in your mouth is baked mainly from this delicious nut. For making cookies knead the dough by adding a glass of ground hazelnuts into it and bake small circles. And when they cool, fasten them in two pieces chocolate paste. Better to take Nutella paste, it will perfectly complement the taste of cookies with its chocolate-nutty flavor.
Recipe author – Allison Robicelli – pastry chef, culinary writer
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Time: 1 hour. 45 minutes Difficulty: easy Quantity: 24 pcs. AT recipes use measured containers with a volume of: 1 glass (tbsp.) – 240 ml 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cups (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp. l.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 1.5 tbsp. flour
- 1 and 1/4 Art. powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp. ground hazelnuts, peeled
- 0.5 tsp baking powder
- 0.5 tsp coarse salt
- 220 gr butter, chilled and chopped cubes
- 0.5 tbsp. chocolate nut paste, for example, Nutella
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Recipe preparation:
- In a food processor, mix flour, powdered sugar, ground hazelnuts, baking powder and salt. Add cold butter all immediately, and continue to beat to mix evenly.
- Put the dough on a piece of plastic film and flatten to about 2.5 cm thick, then wrap and refrigerate, so that it becomes solid, for about 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 160 ° C. Cover 2 parchment baking sheets paper or silicone baking mats.
- Nibble the pieces of dough with the volume of a teaspoon and form small balls, then lay them on prepared baking sheets on 5 cm apart. Bake until completely dry turning the baking sheets on the other side in the middle of baking, 13-15 minutes. Cool the cookie without touching it (biscuit fragile) by setting pan on the wire rack.
- After the cookies have cooled, turn it over and spread chocolate paste. Then combine two cookies in a sandwich. Store in an airtight container for 1 week.
