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Chocolate and Hazelnut Teff Cookies

March 4, 2016 By Hana 10 Comments

Chocolate and Hazelnut Teff Cookies

Today I’ve got a very rustic looking cookies for you that are inspired by my Chocolate and Hazelnut Teff Cake. There’s something about chocolate, teff and hazelnut combination that I really love; I’ve really enjoyed the cake that I’ve made and I love these cookies. The ingredients are quite similar to the ones that I’ve used in the cake, but simplified. The cookies are dark, chocolaty and unusual tasting, naturally gluten-free and vegan.

Chocolate and Hazelnut Teff Cookies

They are fairly quick to put together, but what takes extra time is roasting and grounding hazelnuts. You can buy already ground hazelnuts which would save you time making these. I’ve used cardamom in the cookies and if you prefer you can replace it with cinnamon or use both. You don’t have to use the extra dark chocolate pieces pressed onto the cookies, it’s quite optional.  Other thing you could do is drizzle some melted chocolate over them once baked and cooled instead. I found it difficult to tell when they were baked and left mine baking for about 20 minutes, which was perfect. Depending on the strength of your oven 15-20 minutes should be the ideal time. Enjoy:)

Chocolate and Hazelnut Teff Cookies

Chocolate and Hazelnut Teff Cookies
 
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Author: Hana, Nirvana Cakery
Serves: 18 cookies
Ingredients
  • 140g teff flour (1 cup)
  • 100g ground roasted hazelnuts (1 cup)
  • 30g raw cacao (1/4 cup)
  • 1tsp cardamom
  • ¼tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • pinch of sea salt
  • 1 medium banana, mashed
  • 60ml coconut oil, melted (1/4 cup)
  • 60ml maple syrup (1/4 cup)
  • 1tsp vanilla
  • 25g dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces (optional)
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan)
  2. Line 1 baking sheet with baking paper
  3. In a large bowl whisk together teff flour, ground hazelnuts, cacao, cardamom, soda and salt.
  4. Mash the banana and mix with melted coconut oil, maple syrup and vanilla. Add to the dry mix and mix everything together to form a dough.
  5. With your hands form about 18 small balls (about 1tbsp size) with a mixture and place onto lined baking sheet. Flatten gently with palm of your hand. Press in couple of pieces of chocolate if you like.
  6. Bake for about 15-20 minutes.
  7. Enjoy!
Notes
Roasting hazelnuts is an additional step, but well worth the taste. You can roast hazelnuts in their skin and than remove the skin or buy blanched hazelnuts already.
Preheat the oven to 180°C and arrange the hazelnuts on a baking sheet. Roast for 10-15 min stirring in between until the skin looks cracked. Remove from the oven and place hazelnuts onto a cotton towel and leave to cool. Bunch the towel and rub the hazelnuts inside the towel until the skin comes off. It's pretty messy:) remove from the towel and ground in a food processor or blender.
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Chocolate and Hazelnut Teff Cookies

 

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Comments

  1. Monique says

    March 5, 2016 at 11:27 pm

    These look so delicious and not too difficult to whip up – perfect! I found you via the Food Blogger Pro forum in the UK bloggers thread – lovely to connect :) You have a new fan!

    Reply
    • Hana says

      March 6, 2016 at 4:26 pm

      Hi Monique! Thank you for a lovely comment and connecting with me! It’s wonderful to meet you:) I shall check your blog now! x

      Reply
  2. Neo says

    March 12, 2016 at 1:47 pm

    I love the hazelnuts and dark chocolate in the cookies.

    Reply
    • Hana says

      March 12, 2016 at 2:07 pm

      Thank you Neo! I love them too:)

      Reply
  3. Gina says

    April 3, 2016 at 12:10 pm

    My twinsister and me just baked these!
    Sooo delicious :) The dough is also very yummy raw.
    We soaked the hazelnuts over night and roasted them afterwards, that worked very well.

    Reply
    • Hana says

      April 3, 2016 at 12:37 pm

      I’m so happy to hear this Gina! Thank you so much for your fantastic comment! Great point about soaking the hazelnuts, that makes it even better:)

      Reply
  4. Louna says

    August 13, 2018 at 3:41 pm

    This is a great recipe, thank you! I love your blog, looking forward to try your other creations! :)

    Reply
    • Hana says

      August 18, 2018 at 5:43 pm

      I’m so happy to hear that Louna, thank you so much for your comment! Hope you like some of my other recipes as much :)

      Reply
  5. Reger Jacobs says

    January 11, 2019 at 7:49 pm

    I’ve made these twice now and with the last batch being so large, I ended up using chocolate chips in only half of the cookie so the remainder could almost be a superfood snack. I found the filling teff and satisfying carob to be a perfect post workout treat. Which made me curious if you ever considered a variation on the above, one that would take the form of a ball for on the go?

    Reply
    • Hana says

      January 18, 2019 at 8:30 pm

      Hi Reger, I’m so happy you like these so much. Yes, that is a really great idea, it could possibly work with cooked teff grain and carob would be a great addition too. I’ll put it on my list and try something out :)

      Reply

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