Cocoa Cookie with Marzipan Layer
Posted by Celine on May 21, 2008
I made these into 2 HUGE sandwiches [aka, 4 separated cookies], but don’t be a fool like me: it’s far wiser/prettier to make them into 4 smaller, but still large, sandwiches. also, don’t squish the marzipan as much as I did so that you get more flavor out of each bite.
4 T margarine
4 T sugar in the raw
pinch sea salt [do not use if your margarine is already on the salty side!]
1 t Ener-g egg replacer powder
1/4 t t hazelnut extract [vanilla or chocolate or almond work perfectly well too]
1/2 cup + 1 T all-purpose flour [spoon and level]
1/4 t baking soda
2 T unsweetened cocoa powder
about 2 generous T worth of marzipan, cut in 4
prepare a cookie sheet with parchment paper or Silpat. preheat oven to 350F.
in a large bowl, cream together margarine and sugar. add extract of your choice, egg replacer, and salt [if using].
sift in flour, baking soda, and cocoa. mix until combined.
separate dough into 8 equal pieces. shape into balls, flatten them down to 1/4 inch thickness. shape your marzipan into balls too, flatten down to about 1/2 inch thickness, in smaller discs than the cookie dough.
place one cookie disc on prepared sheet, top with marzipan, add another cookie disc on top. seal edges and flatten cookie sandwich as much as you want them to be as these don’t spread while baking.
repeat with the rest of dough/marzipan discs.
bake for 12-15 minutes: you want the top of the cookies to be set and firm.
let cook on sheet for a couple of minutes before moving to a cooling rack.
May 21, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Omg you have to stop making and posting about cookies. I am TRYING to lose weight here! Seriously, I’m going to have to take you off my bloglist because everytime take a peek at what you’ve been up to I want to eat all the sugar and fat we have at home.
And marzipan is so good I could eat the huge 2lbs tube I have at home with a spoon. I haven’t yet because I’d feel bad about opening it but if I were to take some out to make these cookies I’d probably end up eating all of it.. yum!
May 21, 2008 at 12:09 pm
s’okay, Emmie. I’ll just go cry now.
May 21, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Celine, I absolutely love marzipan - you would not have any cookies around for photos if I were there. :)
May 21, 2008 at 12:28 pm
ha! the tube of marzipan I have left is sighing for relief that you aren’t around now, Patricia. ;)
May 21, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Marzipan in a cookie is just GENIUS!
May 21, 2008 at 12:54 pm
TOO. MUCH. GOODNESS.
May 21, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Hey Céline, what would you sub the Energ egg replacer with if you were perdue dans la France profonde? Please tell me it’s possible!
May 21, 2008 at 1:38 pm
no no no … no more cookies. i can not resist. have to resist. have to … ah, who am i fooling! i am SO making these
May 21, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Why can you always hear my (cookie related) thoughts? I dearly love marzipan.
May 21, 2008 at 2:42 pm
shellyfish: essaie d’utiliser 1 t de Maizena à la place: c’est ce que fait ma Maman vu qu’elle trouve pas l’Ener-g non plus.
May 21, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Celine! :-D you make me blush if you keep leaving me those wonderful comments! You are the real best here! Look at those gorgeous cookies!
I send you a kiss!
Silvia
May 21, 2008 at 4:13 pm
omg…just stop. i’m going to eat my computer screen if you keep posting pictures of cookies like that…
May 22, 2008 at 1:38 am
wow, these look incredibly rad. I gotta try these!! I really love marzipan, but don’t use it as often as I should. Currently, I am on a self-imposed cookie moratorium… but when I resume my standard, frenzied cookie eating M.O., I will definitely make these!
May 22, 2008 at 2:20 am
Those four big sandwiches look pretty good to me. . . .
May 22, 2008 at 4:40 am
Fastoche! Merci Céline!
May 22, 2008 at 8:00 am
computer screen = not tasty, Rachael! don’t try this at home. unless you put marzipan on it.
May 22, 2008 at 5:21 pm
hi celine!
do you happen to know how many eggs would be the equivalent to the egg replacer you use? Thanks! :)
May 22, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I’m afraid I have absolutely no idea how that would work when using an egg, Sharon. I haven’t worked with them in forever, and besides, it adds liquid to the recipe so you’d have to play around with the rest of the ingredients a bit to make up for that.
you could use your favorite cocoa/chocolate cookie recipe and use it to enfold a piece of marzipan like in this recipe, though?
May 22, 2008 at 8:40 pm
these look so neat! i may have to try this one.
<3 marzipannnn
May 23, 2008 at 2:12 pm
These look yummy, moist, and delicious. I can taste them already! :D
May 23, 2008 at 5:34 pm
i’ll try! thanks! :)
May 24, 2008 at 7:16 am
Those look amazing! I have some marzipan in the freezer.
May 25, 2008 at 2:38 am
I love the marzipan filling idea. thanks for sharing the recipe!