Chocolate Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies

Sweet sugar free chocolate ganache sandwiched between two crisp gluten free hazelnut cookies. My low carb version of Trader Joe’s chocolate hazelnut cookies. 

Author: alldayidreamaboutfood.com

Yield: 18 Sandwich Cookies

Serving Size: 1 cookie

Ingredients

Cookies:

♦2 cups Hazelnut Meal

♦1 tsp baking powder

♦1/8 tsp salt

♦1/4 cup butter

♦1/4 cup hazelnut oil

♦1/2 cup granulated Swerve Sweetener

♦1 large egg

♦1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Chocolate Ganache Filling:

♦3 & 1/2 tbsp butter

♦1 & 1/2 ounces good-quality unsweetened chocolate, chopped

♦3 tbsp powdered Swerve Sweetener

♦1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

Cookies:

►Preheat oven to 325F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

►In a medium bowl, whisk together hazelnut meal, baking powder and salt.

►In a large bowl, beat butter and hazelnut oil with granulated sweetener until well combined. Beat in egg and vanilla extract.

►Beat in hazelnut meal mixture until dough comes together.

►Roll dough into scant 1-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet (you should get about 36 balls). Press balls down to 1/4 inch thickness with the heel of your hand.

►Bake 12 to 14 minutes, until just beginning to brown around the edges and just barely firm to the touch.

►Remove and let cool on pan 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely (they will continue to crisp up as they cool).

Chocolate Ganache Filling:

►In a microwaveable safe bowl, combine butter and chopped chocolate. Heat in 20 second increments, stirring in between, until melted.

►Stir in powdered sweetener and vanilla extract until smooth. Let sit about 10 minutes to thicken.

►Spread about 1 tsp ganache on the bottom of one cookie and then top with another cookie, bottom-side in.

►Repeat with remaining cookies and remaining ganache.

Notes

Serves 18. Each serving has 3 g of carbs and 1 g of fiber. Total NET CARBS = 2 g.

164 Calories; 17g Fat (85.8% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 3g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 25mg Cholesterol; 95mg Sodium.