These chocolate hazelnut cookies are grain free, gluten free and refined sugar free. Easy to make and a great one to put all the excess holiday baking ingredients to good use.
Grain-free, Sugar-free Hazelnut Cookies
adapted from here
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- Place the chopped dark chocolate in a heat-proof bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water. Stir frequently until chocolate is just melted, turn the heat off and stir in chocolate flavoured liquid stevia.
- Combine the white stevia powder, spices, and finely ground hazelnuts. Set aside.
- Beat the egg whites and salt until stiff. Gradually add in hazelnut mixture and fold to combine. Now add in melted chocolate and rum. Form into a ball and wrap in a plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Remove the dough from the refrigerator and roll it out between two sheets of parchment paper to a thickness of 1-cm. Cut out the cookies with your favourite cookie cutters. Place the cookies on two parchment-lined baking sheets. Leave them on the kitchen counter to dry overnight.
- Next day preheat the oven, with the fan on, to 180C/350F. Bake the cookies for about 7 minutes. Remove the cookies from the sheets and cool them on a wire rack.
- Melt the chopped milk couverture in a double-boiler. Dip the cooled cookies halfway into the melted chocolate and place it on waxed paper. Garnish with sprinkles if using.
79 comments:
How pretty Angie. Love the idea of biscuits made almost entirely out of hazelnuts and liquid chocolate stevia is definitely something to look out for.
These cookies look Beautiful Angie :) :)
Wow, how can something grain-free and sugar-free look so good? These are beautiful Angie!
Very interesting with hazelnuts. There are lots of them and this must be delicious. I would love them for valentine they look so pretty.
I love the way you decorated those cookies. They're gorgeous!
These look gorgeous!I definitely need to give your recipe a whirl!
Pretty and surely extremely delicious!
Cheers,
Rosa
These cookies are gorgeous Angie! Love that they are grain free - and love that they are spiked with rum!
Oh, they sound and look so good!
Wow! No grain and no sugar and still looks so good and tempting ! Lovely recipe Angie!
These would have to be one of the most beautiful biscuits you have ever made
Pinned! Going to try it soon
These are gorgeous, Angie. Just in time for Valentine's too. :D
You got me at the sugar free! Just want I need to go with my cuppa now, ha.
So these are healthy cookies and they are perfect for me. I need a piping hot cup of coffee!
I have so much chocolate that I need to use up from Christmas, so this would be perfect to make with it all.
These cookies look pretty and healthy delicious! Wish I can have some right now :)
These cookies are so gorgeous, Angie! I love that they are grain free! The hearts and sprinkles are such a pretty touch! So healthy and delicious!!
The cookies look so cute, love the heart shape..
What delicious little cookies! Hard to believe they are actually healthy! This gives me a good excuse to make them :) I love how you decorated them!
Hi Angie, I did not know there was such a thing as liquid stevia, these cookies look delicious, perfect for Valentines Day.
Gosh, how cute they look!
They look very special and you've got me thinking of Valentine's Day...it's never too early! And with hazelnuts and chocolate involved, I'm all in!
I love chocolate with hazelnut. What a great combo.
Awesome post. Lovely cookies
OK you've finally convinced me, I've got to try Stevia - these look amazing!
What pretty cookies - I love all the fragrant spices in these!
These are totally my type of cookie, Angie!! Grain free AND sugar free?! PLUS totally cute AND filled with delicious hazelnut flavor?! GAH! Pinned! Can't wait to try these! And I LOVE the heart shapes! Cheers, girlfriend!
what are the odds of us both posting nut based cookies at the same time lol! Love these chocolaty beauties, hazelnuts are in my top nuts too!
These look so good, I love the way you decorated them! <3 - http://www.domesticgeekgirl.com
These cookies are just so pretty Angie! I really need to use hazelnut more often in my kitchen!
I love hazelnut, so glad you made them grain-free means I can eat the entire batch?!! YES!
These are so festive and beautiful! I LOVE them and want one please! Maybe two - good recipe!
WOW! I want to have some right now :-) Looks so cute!
That is hazelnuts in every bite! Wow... too good...
Pretty! Must be delish too. I've not tried using ground hazelnuts, should try it oneday. Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe!
These are beautiful Angie, so festive :)
rum, cinnamon, cloves, oh my! what a delicious combination of ingredients, and you've made them even more appealing to me simply by making them heart-shaped. bravo!
These heart-shaped cookies look extremely adorable and so sweet. Aaaaaaa! Perfect idea for Valentine's Day :).
Gorgeous cookies. Perfectly done.
Very chocolatey Angie! They look marvelous. Fun for Valentine's Day!
Lovely cookies, it sounds great that they are without sugar and I also thought they would be great for Valentine. :)
They look wonderful!
Awww...They are simply gorgeous and perfect. I love grain free and they are even sugar free, how awesome is it?! I will need to make this soon.
Pinning it.
xx
These would be so cute for Valentine's Day, Angie! What a delicious way to stay healthy and still enjoy a wonderful treat :)
Pass the plate, please! They look delicious, Angie and a must try!
What a great recipe! And your pictures are just awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Love the idea of using ground hazelnuts, bet these are super tasty.
wow! Healthy, delicious and sugar-free! Perfect recipe! I love hazelnuts! Thanks so much for sharing, Angie!
What pretty little cookies Angie! I love the flavors you used. I'd love a few for dessert!
This looks awesome and it is sugar free, I want to taste it now.
GAHHHH YES!!! Sugar and Grain Free - YOU MADE THESE FOR ME! And I appreciate it far more than you know!!! <3
Oh Angie - I love these cookies. They will be perfect for Valentine's Day:)
Wow how do you come up with these things. And the look very tempting
That looks delicious! Where do you get the chocolate flavored Stevia? I haven't been able to find it.
Hi Angie,
Very attractive chocolate cookies. Grain free, gluten free and refined sugar free... that means guilt free. Really want to try. But haven't seen any stevia around here. Where did you get it?
Wow, I love how much healthier these are than regular cookies!!! They look beautiful and sound so delicious Angie! Yum!
These look great and what a nice treat for those who are avoiding sugar, bet the hazelnut is so good in these.
You can't go wrong with these ingredients…looks so yummy,Angie ; -)
What a great February cookie (the next holiday)!!!!!
These are super pretty! I love anything with hazelnuts, I bet these are divine!
I'm craving Angie! Anyone would love to eat heart shaped cookies!
Hi Angie,
Your little heart cookies looks so pretty! And chocolaty delicious!
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What a pretty cookie! And you are right, great to use up those left over ingredients. And, I also love that these are sugar free after all the sugar we consumed lately.
These cookies look so good Angie...hazelnut? I love it even more...thanks for the recipe!
Enjoy the rest of your week :)
These are gorgeous!! I bet they taste as good as they luck.
How cute are these cookies? Perfect for Valentines Day and kinda healthy too ;)
How did I miss this pos?? This is perfect for my low-card diet.. heehee
PERFECT for Valentine's Day! I love that you dipped these gems!
cookies look beautiful
I made your tasty cookies & used many different cookie cutter shapes!
They were just lovely & very Yummy too. Delicious! ������������
Good looking cookies! Love the two tones look...I may have to make for this coming Valentine's day! Awesome photos!
Yum!
Beautiful!!! I love your pictures and this recipe is amazing
Wow, the ultimate cookie recipe for valentines day. These are great. I need to get my cookie bake day down already. Valentines is just around the corner :-)
This cookie monster is very happy! Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate.
Lovely cookies & sugar free too ! AWESOME!
The prettiest cookies I've seen in a long, long time! Sugar free is fantastic, Angie!
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