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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. 

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.

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