Italian Bocconotti Cookies

Name: Italian Bocconotti Cookies
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 57 grams semisweet baking chocolate, very finely chopped; 0 teaspoons baking soda; 118 milliliters cold butter; 2 egg yolks; 355 milliliters Gold Medal® all-purpose flour; 79 milliliters granulated sugar; 59 milliliters ground almonds; 1 Grated peel of lemon; 12 servings Powdered sugar; 59 milliliters cherry, grape or strawberry jam; 1 whole egg

Need a vegetarian dessert? Italian Bocconotti Cookies could be a spectacular recipe to try. One serving contains 249 calories, 4g of protein, and 13g of fat. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. A mixture of ground almonds, peel of lemon, strawberry jam, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, mix flour, granulated sugar, egg, egg yolks, baking soda and lemon peel.

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Granulated Sugar

Baking Soda

Lemon Peel

Egg Yolk

All Purpose Flour

Egg

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Bowl

Oven

Cut in butter, using pastry blender or fork, until mixture comes together and begins to form a wet dough. (Or mix with electric mixer using dough hook attachment.) Gather dough into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate while making filling.

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Butter

Dough

Wrap

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Hand Mixer

Plastic Wrap

Blender

In small bowl, mix jam, almonds and chocolate until well combined.

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Chocolate

Almonds

Jam

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Bowl

With floured hands, shape teaspoonfuls of dough into about 24 balls; flatten each ball into a round. Press 1 round on bottom and up side of ungreased mini muffin cup. Spoon 1/2 teaspoon filling into cup. Top with a second round; seal edges. Repeat with remaining dough rounds and filling.

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Dough

Bake about 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 2 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack.

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Wire Rack