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🍰 Simple Almond Cookies

82 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 Organic lemon
• 1 Vanilla pod
• 200 g ground almonds
• 80 g maple syrup
• 2 egg yolks
• 10 g cocoa powder
• 40 g cocoa butter
• 25 g almond butter
• 30 whole and peeled almond kernels

Instructions

1. 1. Slice the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape out the tiny seeds with a knife.
2. 2. Rinse the lemon under hot water and pat it dry.
3. 3. Finely grate the outer colored layer of the lemon peel.
4. 4. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze out the juice.
5. 5. Add the vanilla seeds, half of the lemon zest, the lemon juice, the ground almonds, the maple syrup, and the egg yolk to a bowl.
6. 6. Knead the ingredients quickly into a soft dough.
7. 7. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap.
8. 8. Place the dough in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
9. 9. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius conventional heat (160 degrees Celsius fan-forced or gas mark 2-3).
10. 10. Roll out the dough on a floured surface to a thickness of 0.5 centimeters.
11. 11. Cut out the cookies using a leaf-shaped cookie cutter.
12. 12. Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
13. 13. Bake the cookies for 8 to 10 minutes until golden brown.
14. 14. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool.
15. 15. Cut off a small piece of cocoa butter and melt it over a pot of hot water (bain-marie).
16. 16. Remove the bowl from the heat.
17. 17. Stir in the remaining maple syrup, almond paste, and cocoa powder into the melted cocoa butter.
18. 18. Fill the chocolate cream into a piping bag.
19. 19. Let the cream cool in the bag for 10 to 15 minutes.
20. 20. Cut off a small corner of the piping bag.
21. 21. Pipe the chocolate cream onto the cooled cookies.
22. 22. Place a whole almond on each decorated cookie.
23. 23. Let the finished cookies cool completely.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 82
• Protein: 3 g · Fett/Fat: 7 g · Carbs: 3 g