Chocolate almond cookies

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 30 Cookies, you will need:

• 1 100 g ground almonds
• 2 250 g flour
• 3 125 g icing sugar
• 4 1 egg
• 5 125 g butter
• 6 50 g dark chocolate
• 7 1 teaspoon powdered cocoa
• Total weight: 705 grams

Times:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
29 min.	1 hour	20 min.	1 hour 49 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Tip 100 g ground almonds, 250 g flour, 125 g icing sugar, 1 egg into the bowl of your mixer and add 125 g butter cut into pieces.
2	Knead on low speed for 3 or 4 minutes until evenly mixed.
3	Crush 50 g dark chocolate into small pieces and add to the mixture with 1 teaspoon powdered cocoa. Knead for a further 2 or 3 minutes.
4	Gather the dough together and form into a roll about 4 cm (2") diameter, then wrap in plastic film and refrigerate at least one hour or overnight.
5	Preheat oven to 180°C (360°F). Remove dough from fridge and cut slices 0.5 cm ( ¼") thick. You will find that as you slice, the roll of dough will deform, so turn it as you go, and if necessary reshape the slices.
6	Place the slices of dough on a baking sheet.
7	Cook for about 20 minutes, then leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

It is important not to overcook these cookies, otherwise they will become dry and less tempting.
You can use commercially prepared chocolate chips rather than breaking up a chocolate bar.

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