Chocolate Heart Cookies

Ingredients

• 200 g soft butter
• 100 g powdered sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 packet vanilla sugar
• 1 tbsp orange juice
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 175 g flour
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 75 g ground almonds
• 75 g finely grated dark chocolate
• flour (for working)
• 125 g dark couverture

Instructions

1. 1.

   Beat butter with powdered sugar until fluffy. Stir in egg yolks, vanilla sugar, orange juice and cinnamon. Mix flour, almonds, cocoa and chocolate. Quickly knead the mixture into a smooth dough, wrap in cling film and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.

2. 2.

   Roll out the dough on a floured surface to about 3 mm thickness. Cut out hearts and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C (middle rack) for about 10 minutes. Remove from the tray with the paper and let cool.

3. 3.

   Chop the couverture into small pieces and melt it over a water bath. Dip half of each chocolate almond heart into the melted coating, let excess drip off and place on foil to dry.