Soft and fragrant chocolate and orange cookies without butter, super simple and quick to make, a recipe you will love because these orange treats have a tender heart and are ideal for the entire family. Made with just a few ingredients, they are pastries flavored with orange zest, enriched with unsweetened cocoa powder, and garnished with chopped hazelnuts. A true delight, they are the best cookies in the world!
I made them into balls, just like I did with the corn and chocolate cookies so that in no time they will be ready to be baked and cooked at a temperature of 300°F for about fifteen minutes…and you will smell the aroma throughout the house! What are you waiting for?
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very economical
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: about 40 cookies
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Energy 282.74 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 64.97 (g) of which sugars 35.42 (g)
- Proteins 7.60 (g)
- Fat 2.83 (g) of which saturated 0.82 (g)of which unsaturated 0.90 (g)
- Fibers 7.70 (g)
- Sodium 44.88 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 100 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
Yields about 40 cookies
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 egg whites
- 1 packet vanillin
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 orange zest
- as needed chopped hazelnuts
Tools
- Baking tray
- Sifter flour
Recipe
Mix the sifted flour with the sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, one packet of vanillin, one teaspoon of baking powder, and the grated zest of an edible orange.
Beat the egg whites until very stiff and add them to the sifted mixture, then knead (if necessary with your hands) until you get a dense and creamy dough.
Now with the ready dough, form round balls the size of a walnut and place them, slightly spaced apart, on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
Using the back of a teaspoon, make a slight indentation on top and sprinkle some chopped hazelnuts on each cookie.
Bake in a preheated oven in static mode at 300°F for about 15-18 minutes (the cooking time may vary slightly depending on your oven.)
These orange and chocolate-flavored cookies are truly amazing. Quick and easy to prepare, they are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, ideal as a sweet treat at the end of a meal or whenever you crave “sweetness” during the day. Loved by the whole family, both adults and children, they will be gone soon!
Storage and Tips
Storage: they keep for a couple of days in a cookie jar.
Tips: you can replace the orange zest with a vial of orange flavoring.
If you need to soften the dough, add one more beaten egg white; otherwise, add a bit more flour.
