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Crunchy Chocolate Cookies

Course: baking
Cuisine: French
Keyword: cookies, Valentine's day
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 15
Calories: 190kcal
Cost: $9
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Equipment

  • 1 Food processor or high powered blender for the hazelnut spread
  • 1 Saucepan
  • 3 Pastry bowls
  • 1 Baking tray
  • 1 Heart shaped cookie cutter
  • 1 Rolling Pin

Ingredients

Crunchy Chocolate Mixture

  • 200 g Hazelnut praliné or use Nutella
  • 40 g Milk chocolate, melted
  • 40 g Dark chocolate, melted
  • 30 g Butter, melted
  • 100 g Dried crepes or rolled wafer cookies

Hazelnut Praliné/Spread

  • 300 g Hazelnuts
  • 250 g Sugar
  • 2 g Salt
  • 5 g Vanilla optional

Pecan Chocolate Coating

  • 350 g Milk, or dark chocolate
  • 100 g Cocoa butter, melted
  • 140 g Pecans, toasted and chopped

Instructions

Hazelnut Praliné/Spread

  • Toast hazelnut on the stove, or in the oven at 350ºF/180ºC for about 12 min. Cook sugar to brown color (Caramel a sec). Add vanilla seeds, salt, and nuts. Transfer onto a baking mat. Let cool completely. Break caramelized hazelnuts into pieces. In a running food processor or use a hight powered blender, turn into paste. Praliné can be stored for months in a cool area, or refrigerated. Stir up before using.
    Bruno Albouze Hazelnut Praliné

Crunchy Chocolate Mixture

  • Melt chocolates over a bain-marie; stirring up every so often (Do not go over 122/50ºC). As soon as it is melted, remove from heat; set aside. Melt butter without boiling it. Mix chocolates with hazelnut spread first. Add butter and the dried crushed crepes. Spread mixture onto a silicone baking mat, or parchment. Top with another silicone mat, and roll out into an 0.3-inch/0.75cm thick sheet. Do not roll out too thin. Each cookie should weight ≈ 0.9 ounces/25grams. Freeze cookie sheet for about 20 min, or until firm to the touch.
    Crunchy Chocolate Cookies Ingredients

Cutting Cookies

  • Cut cookie out into desired shapes. Freeze again and transfer hardened cookies onto another tray. Leave scraps at room temperature to soften – and make another sheet. Repeat steps until done. Keep cookies in the freezer until ready to coat.
    Bruno Albouze Crunchy Chocolate Hearts

Pecan Chocolate Coating

  • Melt cocoa butter separately. Pour melted cocoa butter in chocolate, and melt over a bain-marie (Do not over heat). Remove from heat, let cool to 100ºF/38ºC. Stir in toasted and chopped pecans. Enrobe each frozen cookie, wiping off nuts that could be stuck underneath. Keep cookies refrigerated for a couple of weeks, or frozen for up to 3 months. Enjoy! ❤️
    crunchy chocolate cookie cuts

Nutrition

Serving: 55g | Calories: 190kcal