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Shortbread Sandwich Cookies


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  • Author: Fadela
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 20 cookies

Description

Recipe for white chocolate shortbread sandwich cookies made with a hazelnut-flavored shortcrust pastry  filled with white chocolate ganache (For about 20-25 sandwich cookies)


Ingredients

Pastry dough

  • 300 g (2 1/3 cups) Flour - All-purpose
  • 160 g (1 1/2 cups) Powdered sugar
  • 100 g (1 cup) Hazelnut meal
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 200 g (1 cup) Butter - unsalted and cold
  • 1 egg 

White chocolat ganache

  • 255 g (1 2/3 cups) White chocolate chips
  • 90 g (1/3 cup) Heavy cream - full fat

Instructions

Shortcrust pastry

  1. Place the dry ingredients, flour, hazelnut meal, powdered sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
  2. Then add the cold butter cut into pieces and rub with your hands until you get a sandy texture.
  3. Then add the egg and mix with a wooden spoon before finishing the mixture with your hands until it forms a homogeneous ball of dough.
  4. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place it in the fridge for 20 minutes.
  5. Then place the dough ball between 2 sheets of parchment paper and flatten it with a rolling pin to a thickness of about 3 mm.
  6. Using a round cookie cutter (about 5 cm in diameter) cut out round shapes, remove the excess dough
  7. Then place your cut-out cookies on a baking sheet covered with baking paper and put in the freezer for about 15 minutes.
  8. Preheat your oven to 350°F / 180°C and bake the cookies for about 10 minutes for each tray.

 White chocolate ganache

  1. Place the heavy cream with the white chocolate chips in a medium bowl.
  2. And melt them in a double boiler on a saucepan containing a bit of water heated on medium heat, until you get a well-melted mixture. 
  3. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge until cool.

Assembly 

  1. Fill a pastry bag with the cooled white chocolate ganache and fill a cookie with a small layer and place a second cookie on top to form a sandwich.
  2. Place your filled cookies in the fridge for a few minutes to cool and harden the ganache.

Notes

Storage: Up to 1 week at room temperature in an airtight container and up to 3 months in the freezer.

  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Category: Dessert, snack
  • Cuisine: american

Nutrition

  • Calories: 220
  • Sugar: 16
  • Sodium: 44
  • Fat: 11
  • Saturated Fat: 5
  • Carbohydrates: 26
  • Fiber: 1
  • Protein: 4
  • Cholesterol: 36