Hazelnut and extra virgin olive oil cookies

Cookies are perfect at any time of the day and any time of the year! These hazelnut and extra virgin olive oil are really delicious. Their taste and texture are great. Using extra virgin olive oil in cookie dough will make them lighter and healthier. The combination of extra virgin olive oil and hazelnut is perfect, creating a special, intense taste that everyone will love. To add extra yummy, dip cookies in melted chocolate…divine!!

For around 30 cookies

Ingredients:

250 grams of flour
50 grams of chestnut flour
100 grams of hazelnuts, finely chopped
2 eggs
100 ml extra virgin olive oil
80 grams cane sugar – muscobado for a more intensive taste

Optional: melted chocolate for coating cookies

Directions:

In a mixer bowl, mix flours and hazelnuts with sugar. Add eggs one at the time and slowly add the extra virgin olive oil.

Do not overmix the dough. When well combined, wrap in plastic film and set aside in the fridge. The dough will be quite soft and sticky so the more you leave cookie dough in the fridge, the better. I left overnight.

With a pin roll, roll the cookie dough 0.5 cm high, cut the cookies with a cookie cutter and place them in a baking pan covered with baking sheet.

Pre-heat oven at 180° - or less if your oven is very strong.

Bake cookies for 12 minutes, minding that they do not get too colourful – in that case, remove from the oven.

Let cool.

Suggestions:

Melt around 50 grams of dark chocolate, dip half of each cookie to coat it. Let cool on a baking sheet.

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