Chocolate Heart Cookies – Czekoladowe Ciasteczka Serduszka – Recipe # 200

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of flour 150 g
• 1/2 cup of hazelnuts 75 g
• 1/2 cup of brown sugar 100 g
• 1/4 cup of coco powder 30 g
• 1/2 cup of chocolate chips 90 g
• 3/4 cup of butter 175 g
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt
• 30 g of finely chopped hazelnuts

Instructions:

1. Separate egg white from one egg and set aside.
2. Add flour, salt, hazelnuts, sugar, coco powder and chocolate to the food processor and process it for about 1 minute.
3. Add cold butter cut into small pieces, one egg and the egg yolk and vanilla and process until you get a ball of dough.
4. Transfer on plastic wrap and cover. Refrigerate the dough for minimum two hours.
5. Line your working surface with parchment paper. Transfer the dough and roll to 5 mm thick. With a cookie cutter cut your cookies and transfer on the baking sheet lined with a parchment paper.
6. Slightly beat the egg white and brush the cookies. Sprinkle with finely chopped hazelnuts and bake in the oven preheated to 180 C/ 350 F for 12 to 14 minutes.
7. Cool down completely before serving.

Enjoy!