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Flourless Italian Cookies

Flourless Italian Chocolate Cookies

Chocolate, hazelnuts provide the foundation of these festive cookies
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings: 24 cookies
Course: Dessert, dolce
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups powdered sugar (plus a bit more for decoration)
  • ⅓ cup cocoa powder
  • 3.5 ounces 70% chocolate bar roughly chopped (or 1/2 heaping cup of semisweet chocolate chips)
  • 1 cup hazelnuts, chopped
  • 2 egg whites, slightly beaten
  • optional garnish - one basket of fresh raspberries.

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 325° F
  2. Sift together powdered sugar and powdered sugar. Stir in hazelnuts and chocolate chunks (or chips).
  3. Add egg whites and and stir to moisten everything thoroughly - will be the consistency of brownie batter.
  4. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Drop cookies onto cookie sheet by heaping teaspoons (or use #100 size - extra small- cookie ice cream scoop). Leave 1 inch between cookies as they will expand while cooking.
    Flourless Italian Chocolate Cookies
  5. Bake for 15 minutes for chewy cookies. Bake for 20 minutes for crunchy cookies. Cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar.
    Optional garnish: place one fresh raspberry on each cookie.