Description
Coffee and hazelnut mini logs cookies bring the magic of Christmas to your table. Easy to make, they’re delicately crumbly with a refined flavour. Serve them with coffee or hot chocolate for cosy moments shared with family and friends.
Ingredients
Scale
- 275 g plain flour
- 100 g ground hazelnuts
- 75 g caster sugar
- 1 sachet vanilla sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tsp instant coffee granules
- 1 tbsp hot water
- 200 g unsalted butter
- A pinch of baking powder
- 200 g dark couverture chocolate
Instructions
- Dissolve the coffee: Stir the instant coffee into 1 tbsp hot water until smooth.
- Mix the dry ingredients: In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, ground hazelnuts, caster sugar, and vanilla sugar.
- Rub in the butter: Add the butter in small pieces and rub it in with your fingertips (or between your palms) until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs.
- Form the dough: Add the egg yolks and the dissolved coffee. Knead briefly until you get a smooth, even dough.
- Chill: Shape into a ball, wrap, and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven: 190°C (conventional) or 170°C (fan).
- Shape the mini logs: Divide the dough, roll into ropes about 1.5 cm thick, then cut into 5-6 cm mini logs.
- Bake: Arrange on a lined tray and bake for 12–13 minutes.
- Melt the chocolate: Gently melt the dark chocolate in a bain-marie.
- Dip & set: Dip both ends of each biscuit in chocolate, place on baking paper, and let set completely.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 13 min
- Category: cookies, biscuits
- Cuisine: easy cuisine
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 piece
- Calories: 105 kcal