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Espresso Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies Recipe

Espresso Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies Recipe is hazelnut and instant espresso sandwich cookies recipe assembled with coffee filling to enjoy for Christmas or any other holidays! Perfect delicately crisp exterior and soft chewy inside. Egg free.

Course Dessert
Cuisine European
Keyword Espresso Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies Recipe
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 16 minutes
Total Time 46 minutes
Servings 32 cookies

Ingredients

  • Ingredients for the cookies:
  • 7 Tbsp unsalted butter or vegan substitute , room temperature
  • 4 Tbsp brown sugar
  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour
  • 6 Tbsp ground hazelnuts
  • 2 tsp bitter cocoa powder
  • Ingredients for the filling:
  • 2 Tbsp milk or vegan substitute
  • 1/3 cup sour cream or vegan substitute
  • 3 Tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tsp instant espresso
  • 1 cup bitter chocolate chips
  • 3 Tbsp corn starch

Instructions

  1. On clean working surface, combine, using your hands, all the cookies' dough ingredients.

  2. Preheat the oven to 180 C / 356 F.

  3. Butter the shells and fill them with the dough.

  4. Bake for 16 minutes.

  5. Take out of the oven and leave to cool before you take the shells out.

  6. While the cookies are cooling, prepare the filling: on low heat, slowly warm all the filling ingredients and boil 2 minutes gently, stirring constantly until you get creamy smooth texture.

  7. Leave filling aside to cool.

  8. Once cooled, spread 1 tea spoon of filling in between two cookies and lay them on previously prepared platter.