Chocolate Amaretto Cookies Food

CHOCOLATE AMARETTO COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Break up the bars of chocolate into a medium size sauce pan. Add in the chopped butter.
• 2. Heat on low heat. Stir ithe chocolate when it begins to melt. Stir until is fully melted and smooth. Remove from heat.
• 3. While chocolate is melting. In a bowl. Sift flour, salt, and baking powder together. Whisk and set aside.
• 4. In another bowl. Whisk sugar, eggs, and Amaretto together. Mix well. Stir in nuts if desired.
• 5. With a wire whisk. Whisk chocolate mixture quickly, a little at a time into egg mixture. Whisk together until fully blended.
• 6. Add flour mixture into chocolate egg mixture. A little at a time. Mix until fully combined. Dough will be very soft
• 7. Place bowl in freezer. Freeze until you can handle it and roll into small one inch balls.( about an hour) You may re-freeze dough in between batches to make handling easier.
• 8. Mix powdered sugar and cocoa together well.
• 9. Make 1 to 1 1/2 inch balls out of dough. Roll balls in cocoa powdered sugar mixture.
• 10. Place balls on parchment lined sheet pan. Bake at 350° for 10-15 minutes. Remove from oven when cookies are cracked. Cookies will be very soft. Do not overbake. Let cookies cool completely on sheet pan. Do not remove cookies until they are fully cooled. Enjoy!

CHOCOLATE AMARETTI COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Place almonds on a sml baking sheet & bake 10-12 minutes, turning occ till golden brown. Allow almonds to cool to room temperature Reduce oven temp to 325°F.
• Line a lrg baking sheet w/baking parchment. In a food processor, process the toasted almonds w/half the sugar till the almonds are finely ground but not oily.
• Transfer the ground almonds to a bowl & stir in cocoa powder & confectioner's sugar. Set aside.
• In a med mixing bowl, beat egg whites & cream of tartar w/a hand-held mixer till stiff peaks form.
• Sprinkle in the remaining sugar 1 tbsp at a time, beating well after ea addition & cont beating till the whites are glossy & stiff. Beat in the almond extract.
• Add the almond sugar mixture & gently fold into the beaten egg whites till just blended.
• Spoon the mixture into a lrg piping bag filled w/a plain 1/2 in nozzle. Pipe 1 1/2 in rounds about 1 in apart on the prepared baking sheet. Press a slivered almond into the center of ea cookie.
• Bake cookies for 12-15 minutes or till they are crisp. Cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes.
• W/a metal spatula, transfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely. When cool, store in an airtight jar or cookie tin.

AMARETTI TORTA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 10-inch cake pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
• Combine the 20 amaretti cookies and the chocolate in a food processor. Run the machine until the mixture is very finely minced. Set aside.
• Using an electric mixer and a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until pale yellow, about 2 minutes. Add the egg yolks 1 at a time, incorporating each yolk before adding the next. Once all the eggs are added continue to cream the mixture together until light and fluffy, about 4 more minutes. Add the orange liqueur. With the machine on low, add the flour and the chocolate amaretti mixture. Mix well after each addition.
• In medium bowl whip the egg whites using an electric mixer until stiff peaks form, about 3 minutes. Add 1/3 of the whipped egg whites into the cake mixture until well combined. Gently fold in the remaining whipped egg whites. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 45 to 50 minutes.
• Let the cake cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Turn the cake out onto a platter and continue to cool to room temperature. Top with the orange marmalade in an even layer. Sprinkle the remaining crushed amaretti cookies over the top of the cake. Slice and serve.

CHOCOLATE AMARETTI CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray a 9-inch springform pan the nonstick spray. Refrigerate. Microwave the chocolate until melted and smooth, stirring every 20 seconds, for about 1 minute.
• Combine the almonds and cookies in processor. Pulse until the almonds and cookies are finely ground. Transfer the nut mixture to a medium bowl. Add the butter and sugar to the processor and blend until creamy and smooth. Add the grated orange peel and pulse briefly, until incorporated. Add the eggs 1 at a time. Blend until the eggs are incorporated. Clean the sides of the mixing bowl and blend again. Add the nut mixture and melted chocolate. Pulse until blended. Clean the sides of the bowl. Blend again.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until the center puffs and a tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Cool the cake in the pan for 15 minutes.
• Transfer the cake to a platter. Sift the cocoa powder over and serve.

CHOCOLATE AMARETTI

Steps:

• Crumble almond paste into a food processor; add sugar and pulse until evenly combined. Add egg whites and process until incorporated. Transfer mixture to a bowl. Sift together confectioners' sugar and cocoa; gradually add to almond mixture and mix well., Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake at 350° until tops are cracked, 17-20 minutes. Cool for 1 minute before removing from pans to wire racks. Store in an airtight container.

AMARETTO CHUNK COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. On waxed paper, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat butter and sugars until creamy. Beat in eggs, amaretto, and extract. Reduce speed to low; beat in flour mixture just until blended. Stir in chocolate chips, coconut, and almonds.
• Drop dough by heaping measuring tablespoons, 2 inches apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet. Bake cookies 10-12 minutes or until golden around edges. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool.
• Repeat with remaining dough. Store cookies in tightly covered container at room temperature up to 1 week or in freezer up to 3 months.

AMARETTO CHUNK COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Combine four, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat butter and sugars until creamy. Beat in eggs, amaretto and extract. Reduce speed to low; beat in flour mixture just until blended. Stir in chocolate chips, coconut and almonds.
• Drop dough by heaping measuring spoons on large, ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden around edges.

AMARETTO CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• In a medium bowl cream butter and sugars until smooth. Add eggs, vanilla, and amaretto then cream again.
• In a separate bowl mix flours, salt, and baking soda. Add to wet mixture little by little.
• Fold in chocolate chips and craisins. (At this point I highly recommend chilling the dough! Trust me, it is the key to yummy choco chip cookies!).
• Drop by level tablespoons onto greased cookie sheets and bake 9 minutes or until golden brown.