These Rustic Cookies in Air Fryer are super good. The crumbly pastry encases a delicious filling of toasted walnuts and pine nuts, combined with a teaspoon of honey to raisins and chocolate. They are perfect as sweet treats at the end of a meal and ideal for the upcoming holidays. For the Rustic Cookies in Air Fryer, a double rest in the fridge is required, the first for the pastry and the second for the filled roll. If you don’t have much time available, you can prepare the pastry the day before, keeping it wrapped in plastic wrap, always in the fridge. The butter should be at room temperature, so I recommend taking it out of the fridge 20 minutes before preparing the shortcrust pastry.
For the shortcrust pastry recipe, follow all the steps of my Crispy Tart with Creamy Nutella, another delight you absolutely must try!!
Below are some more of my sweet treat recipes, if you are interested click on the links:
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Inexpensive
- Rest time: 1 Hour
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 13Pieces
- Cooking methods: Air frying
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons, Fall, Winter
Ingredients
Ingredients for 13 rustic cookies
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (coffee spoon)
- Half edible lemon zest (grated)
- 1/3 cup walnut halves
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts
- 1/4 cup sultana raisins
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate (or chocolate chips)
- 1 teaspoon multi-flower honey (or acacia)
Tools
What you need to make the Rustic Cookies
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Plastic wrap
- 1 Cutting board
- 1 Knife
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Spoon
- 1 Air fryer for toasting walnuts and pine nuts
- 1 Baking tray for walnuts and pine nuts
- 1 Air fryer
Steps
How to prepare Rustic Cookies in Air Fryer
For the preparation of the shortcrust pastry, follow the steps of the Crispy Tart with Creamy Nutella recipe until the rest in the refrigerator
Put the pine nuts and walnut halves in a baking tray and toast them at 465°F for 4 minutes, shaking a couple of times. If your air fryer reaches 392°F, it might take a few more minutes, check the cooking. Meanwhile, rehydrate the raisins in a bowl with lukewarm water for about 10 minutes
Once ready, transfer them to a cutting board and roughly chop them with a knife
Do the same for the chocolate if you used a bar, do nothing if you have chocolate chips
Combine the walnuts, pine nuts, and chocolate. Add the raisins, after squeezing them well, and the teaspoon of honey. Mix everything together
After resting the pastry, roll it out between two lightly floured parchment papers, trying to give it a rectangular shape
Now insert the filling, leaving some space at the edges
Use the parchment paper to close the roll, sealing the edges and ends
Tighten with the parchment paper to form a roll, wrap it, and let it rest in the fridge for half an hour
After resting, you can remove the parchment paper and cut the roll into slices of about 3/4 inch
Transfer them onto the grid or tray of your air fryer
Bake at 340°F for 15 minutes or until the cookies are golden
Let them cool, and if you like, you can sprinkle them with powdered sugar
If you have leftovers… you can store them for 3 days in an airtight container
