Best Hazelnut Cocoa Cookies Recipes

HAZELNUT COCOA COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat the butter, chocolate-hazelnut spread, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Blend the whole egg into the butter mixture. Beat in the egg yolk and vanilla.
• In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix the dry mixture into the egg and sugar mixture about 1/3 at a time until all the flour is incorporated. Gather the dough into a ball and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Roll dough into large balls (about the size of a golf ball) and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until cookie is slightly firm on the outside, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool cookies on pans before removing.

SALTED COCOA-HAZELNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.
• In another bowl, using an electric mixer, beat together butter and sugar on medium-high until the mixture is superlight, fluffy and pale, about 2 to 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add in the eggs, 1 at a time, and vanilla extract, and beat until everything is well combined, about 2 minutes.
• Add dry ingredients all at once, and mix on low until almost incorporated. Add hazelnuts, and continue to mix until just fully incorporated.
• Scrape dough out of mixer, and divide it into 2 pieces onto cling wrap. Wrap each piece in cling wrap and roll them into logs about 1 1/2 to 2 inches in diameter, and 12 inches long.
• Refrigerate the logs at least 2 hours, or up to 5 days.
• Heat oven to 325 degrees.
• Brush the outside of each log of dough with egg wash. Sprinkle sanding sugar (Demerara or regular granulated sugar also work here) onto a piece of parchment paper, and roll the logs in it. Slice log crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
• Place dough slices on parchment-lined baking sheets 1 inch apart, and sprinkle with flaky salt. Bake until the edges are just set and cookies are baked through (difficult to tell with chocolate cookies, but the center should feel set when pressed gently), 12 to 15 minutes.

VEGAN HAZELNUT COCOA COOKIES

Steps:

• mix ground flax seeds with water and let stand until it gets thick (approx 3 minutes)-- this is a vegan substitute for eggs and works better than any sub i've ever used.
• mix dry ingredients.
• mix wet ingredients.
• mix all ingredients together.
• drop by tablespoon onto greased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
• cook at approx 325-350 for 10-15 minutes (i bake in a toaster oven@ 300 for 10 min).
• cool on wire rack if you have one.
• enjoy animal friendly cookies!
• great with soy-coffee ice cream.

COCOA-HAZELNUT STUFFED COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, stir together cookie mix, melted butter, egg and 1 tablespoon of the milk; set aside.
• In small bowl, mix hazelnut spread and powdered sugar until well blended. Roll half of hazelnut mixture into 5 balls, using about 1 tablespoon mixture per ball.
• For each cookie, press 1/4 cup cookie dough with hands until flat; make small well in center of dough. Place hazelnut ball in well. Seal cookie dough around hazelnut ball, sealing mixture completely inside. Place on ungreased large cookie sheet.
• Bake 11 to 13 minutes or just until edges of cookies are golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.
• Into remaining half of hazelnut mixture, stir enough remaining milk until thin icing forms. Drizzle icing over top of cooled cookies; sprinkle with chopped peanuts. Let icing set before serving.