Cook with Us #7: Hazelnut & Chocolate Cookie Sandwiches
Hello everybody and happy cookies day! I hope you’ve all enjoyed dwelling into the sticky dough and shaping it into balls and flattening then into sizeable cookie shapes. I know I did!! Like most of you I look forward to each week’s competition as it enables me to get out of my comfort zone and try new things. With this week’s theme I’ve tried to look for a twist to put on an otherwise classic recipe.
The twist normally have 2 objectives: a) prepare a healthy cookie and b) present something original to the chefs judging the contest. To me the cookie also had to remains visually delectable and appealing while also containing some traditional ingredients. To this end I chose to make a vegan cookie sandwich with hazelnut and chocolate! My inspiration for this was again from my favourite Australian chef Donna Hay. As usual whilst my recipe is inspired by her I try to add and or remove ingredient that don’t fit the objective I’ve set myself at the start.
I’m a strong believer in the fact that cooking or baking is about experimenting new and different things. And if the flavour does work out well then we try another one until we’ve perfected the techniques. I don’t know about you but with the @cookwithus contest there are times where I’ve just dumped everything in the bin and restarted over again. Not that it would have appear in the pictures but at the end of the day it’s about being genuine and honest to oneself.
So without further ado let’s plunge into this cookie sandwich and try and enjoy oneself in the gooey chocolate feelings.
Ingredients:
- 160g Buckwheat flour
- 75g Hazelnut meal
- 1/4 tsp sea salt flakes
- 125ml maple syrup
- 80ml vegetable oil
Filling:
- 150g dark chocolate, melted
- 2 tsp almond butter
- 60ml maple syrup
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Method:
- In a bowl, add the flour, hazelnut meal, salt, maple syrup and oil and mix to combine.
- Use a teaspoon to roll the mixture into balls.
- Place on a baking tray (with non-stick baking paper) and flatten.
- Place in previously preheated oven (180 degrees Celcius) and bake for 15 minutes or until golden and crisp. Allow to cool on the tray.
- For the filling, place the chocolate, almond butter and maple syrup in a bowl and mix until smooth.
- Use half the cool biscuits and spread with the filling. Use the remaining biscuits to sandwich the cookies.
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I hope you enjoy it!
Bon appétit!
Yummm! These little sandwich cookies look tasty. And they're so cute ... love the size! I bet the family was really happy to have a nice treat.
Thanks for taking the time to experiment and perfect your recipes then eventually sharing them with us! Looking forward to another great recipe next week.
Thank you. Already looking forward to the next challenge and good luck deciding on this week’s cookies.
These look sooooo good! I love all the details and beautiful photos that you included as well. I'm going to have to make these, thank you for sharing this!
Thank you. I hope the details will make it easier to try and make. As I’ve stated in another post it should take less than 1hr to do. Enjoy!
Thank you so much for this amazing recipe, will definitely try it sometime! (they look so good omg ahah)
Thank you and they taste amazing as well (always in moderation lol).
Of course ahah :)
i'm addicted to sweets ( obviously this is what bring me here )
i'm on a diet , i'm practically eating nothing except cookies ,cakes and chocolat ..i know my diet is a wast of time but i can't help it hhhh
Thank you. I think these cookies would be the right ones for your diet. Low in sugar and you don’t need to have a lot to fill full. Good luck with the diet.
Thank u and keep the good job
Amazing cookies @foodforsoul! Love the reflective surface you shot the hazelnuts on, and that chocolate close-up, gooey chocolate feelings for days!
Oh thank you. As I’ve told you in a different message I’m trying to improve my picture taking skills hopefully everyone can progressively see a difference in the quality of the pics. That’s the hope ;)
Your cookies look so delectable @foodforsoul!
Love the story around it :)
Thank you 😊
A very big thank you to @hendrikdegrote, @meerkat and @curie for upvoting this post and allowing it to have the huge exposure it has had. Thank also to everyone who has upvoted this post. I hope you continue to read my post as at my end I will attempt to keep up the standard set through this post. Thank you!
Your cookies look so delectable @foodforsoul!
Love the story around it :)
they look amazing.
Thank you.
They look so delicious!!! 😍 I'd love to eat them, I've never had a vegan cookie before 💜✨
Thank you. I’m sure you would love them and the sweetness of the maple syrup should make up for the traditional sugary additive.