Chocolate Coffee Cookies

Ingredients

• 160 g soft butter
• 50 g powdered sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp espresso powder (instant)
• 100 g flour
• 20 g cocoa powder
• 50 g grated hazelnuts
• 200 g dark couverture chocolate

Instructions

1. 1.

   Cream together butter, sugar, egg yolk and coffee powder; fold in flour, hazelnuts and cocoa powder and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

2. 2.

   Roll the dough between two sheets of plastic wrap to about 1 cm thickness, cut out 90 small oval cookies (about 3 cm) or shape by hand, and place on baking trays lined with parchment paper.

3. 3.

   Bake in a preheated oven at 190°C for about 10 minutes; remove and cool on a wire rack.

4. 4.

   For decoration melt the couverture chocolate over a water bath, transfer to a freezer bag, cut off a small corner and spray generous chocolate lines onto the cookies.