Chocolate Has-A-Nut Cookies
Don’t poke fun at the lame title. It’s late. Early. Late. Whatever…
If you don’t have chocolate and/or hazelnut extracts, I suggest you double the amount of vanilla instead.
Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
1/3 cup (75 g) nondairy butter
1/2 cup (96 g) Sucanat
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon hazelnut extract
1 teaspoon chocolate extract
1 cup (120 g) whole wheat pastry flour
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
3 tablespoons (26 g) hazelnuts, halved
1/4 cup (44 g) nondairy semisweet chocolate chips
2 teaspoons plain soy or other nondairy milk
Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C, or gas mark 4). Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats, such as Silpat.
Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. This should take 2 minutes. Stir in extracts.
Incorporate flour, salt, and baking powder, scraping sides once during the process.
Fold in nuts and chips.
Divide dough into 12 equal portions. Place on cookie sheets, about 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart from each other. Flatten them a little: they don’t spread too much while baking.
Bake for 10 minutes, or until the edges are golden brown. Wait a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Yield: 12 cookies
Y said,
January 6, 2009 at 4:04 am
What delicious looking cookies :)
Congrats to your sister!
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Sal said,
January 6, 2009 at 4:11 am
yum, those cookies look awesome.
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snugglebunny said,
January 6, 2009 at 4:11 am
Congratulations. I guess this means a trip back home for you, which I am sure you will enjoy. And virtual cookies for your sister mean more cookies for us.
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Rosa said,
January 6, 2009 at 4:19 am
Perfect looking cookies! I bet they taste really good too!
Cheers,
Rosa
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Mihl said,
January 6, 2009 at 4:27 am
Congrats to your sister! Chocolate and hazelnut is one of my favourite combinations, I am glad you posted the recipe here.
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Celine said,
January 6, 2009 at 4:30 am
thanks for her! but no, no trip home for me.
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Shelby said,
January 6, 2009 at 4:40 am
I’ve actually never tried hazelnuts *looks ashamed* but this looks worth making!
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sweetandnatural said,
January 6, 2009 at 4:58 am
Congrats to your sister! I never knew there was such a thing as chocolate extract – I’m checking my grocery store next time I go.
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vegancowgirl said,
January 6, 2009 at 5:18 am
Your an awesome sister – how nice of you. Those cookies look amazing…and since they are virtual…you get to eat them! Yum.
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Mara said,
January 6, 2009 at 5:22 am
Congrats to your sister, and those cookies look fab!
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lovliebutterfly said,
January 6, 2009 at 5:24 am
Congratulations to your sister! Does the hazelnut extract actually contains any nut substances? Or is it just flavour (which would be delightful news for me, because then I could still enjoy some nut-flavoured cookies!)
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Virginia said,
January 6, 2009 at 5:24 am
congratulations to your sis! coooooookkkkiiieeeessss!!!!!!
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Ricki said,
January 6, 2009 at 5:25 am
Fabulous combination–and chocolate EXTRACT? How could I have missed this is all my baking years–?? Big congrats to your sister!
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Tori said,
January 6, 2009 at 5:31 am
My mom just made cookies just like these. No carob or extracts though. I might just have to try that. I have also been itching to try them with spelt flour. yum.
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VeggieGirl said,
January 6, 2009 at 6:16 am
Love the title AND the cookies!! :-D
MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR SISTER!!!!
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Gina said,
January 6, 2009 at 8:46 am
Those sound totally perfect. I love how you can see the chunks of nuts in them. Yummy stuff.
Congrats to your sister!!
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Kelly said,
January 6, 2009 at 8:59 am
Mmmm. These sound amazing. I love the idea of using chocolate and hazelnut extracts. Where did you get yours?
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Jessie said,
January 6, 2009 at 9:14 am
These look gorgeous! I like that you used whole wheat flour to make them a bit healthier.
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Bianca- Vegan Crunk said,
January 6, 2009 at 9:22 am
Like Nutella in cookie form! I love hazelnuts and chocolate together. That’s a crazy orgasmic combo.
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Vegyogini said,
January 6, 2009 at 10:59 am
I saw on one of your recipe tester’s blogs that she’d made these cookies and I was so jealous! Thanks for sharing the recipe and let me know if you need additional testers. :)
Felicitations a ta soeur!!
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allularpunk said,
January 6, 2009 at 11:41 am
dude, those cookies look like they would just love to be melting in my mouth right now. yummm… also, i missed your last post, but those muffins sound super terrific! i will be adding them to my dinner tonight, i believe. in fact…my entire meal tonight is going to be made in muffin tins. awesome!
congrats to your sister :)
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DJ Karma (VegSpinz) said,
January 6, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Virtual cookies means virtual calories- Haha!!
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shellyfish said,
January 6, 2009 at 1:48 pm
C’est pas vrai! Est-ce que ça veut dire que tu vas peut-être venir en Europe??? Tu sais, la France, elle n’est pas bien loin! Faut qu’on s’organise… sérieux!
Tu vas apporter les cookies? :)
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Vegetation said,
January 6, 2009 at 2:33 pm
COOKIES! YUM! And a HUGE congratulations for your sister :D
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sarchan said,
January 6, 2009 at 2:48 pm
These sound lovely, but then again I pretty much approve of hazelnut anything.
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River (Wing-It Vegan) said,
January 6, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Congratulations Celine’s sister!
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Joanna said,
January 6, 2009 at 3:51 pm
for some reason, i’ve never thought of combining chocolate chips and carob chips in a recipe. they have such distinct tastes that i just assumed they would clash, but you have just inspired me to try it!!
congrats to your sister!!
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Anne @ Pink Galoshes said,
January 6, 2009 at 3:55 pm
I am a sucker for any cookie with hazelnuts! Thanks for posting this divine recipe.
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Juma said,
January 6, 2009 at 4:07 pm
I love cookies! Delicious recipe!
Congratulations to your sister.
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VeganTickles said,
January 6, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Congrats to your sister and to your awesome cookies.
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lisa (show me vegan) said,
January 6, 2009 at 4:40 pm
congrats to your sister!
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melisser said,
January 6, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Yummity yum yum!
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Jes said,
January 6, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Congrats to your sister! And I guess I need to go to the store to get some hazelnut extract now…
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Nick said,
January 6, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Only virtual cookies? You’re not mailing her some of these beauts? I’m impressed, an entire batch of 16 cookies. I expected less, on the order of 1 or 2 cookies max.
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Celine said,
January 6, 2009 at 10:11 pm
thanks for her. cookies for me. because I’ve never seen cookies survive a trip from California to France in one piece or fresh enough to be enjoyed.
also, no trip for me. et c’est trop con, Shelly, parce qu’elle habite en France en plus, et je t’aurais bien volontiers rendu visite!
I got the hazelnut (and chocolate) extracts at a local health food store, but I bet Whole Foods or some other store like that would have them too. they’re organic, to boot.
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Amy said,
January 7, 2009 at 12:03 pm
These cookies are awesome. Goodness gone crazy really. And hooray for your sister!!!!!
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DJ said,
January 7, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Chocolate, hazelnut, cookies – how could anyone refuse? Congrats to your sis!
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krispycheks said,
January 9, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Oh, I just love nuts in cookies! And those extracts must just take them over the edge. Congrats to your sister!
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Kiersten said,
January 11, 2009 at 7:50 am
Those sound really good. I never tried hazelnut cookies before. Can I ask where you got your hazelnut extract? I’ve never seen it in a store before, did you order it online?
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Celine said,
January 11, 2009 at 9:09 am
I got the hazelnut (and chocolate) extracts at a local health food store, but I bet Whole Foods or some other store like that would have them too. they’re organic, to boot.
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kickpleat said,
January 11, 2009 at 1:57 pm
virtual cookies are very well received, i’m sure. these look lovely!
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culinarycory said,
January 11, 2009 at 5:54 pm
So sweet. Congrats to your sister.
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snooky doodle said,
January 18, 2009 at 8:14 am
these look so so good!
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Bethany said,
January 20, 2009 at 3:19 pm
these look amazing! and from reading the ingredients, I know they are.
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Olivia said,
February 25, 2009 at 2:10 pm
I just made some brownies with Nutella and I wanted to add hazelnut extract but I couldn’t find it anywhere. Someone told me it didn’t exist but now I know it does! I knew I was right.
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Celine Reply:
February 25th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
I think there’s pretty much an extract for everything one could think of, including root beer. not saying all of them are natural, but you can find pure and even organic hazelnut extract, no doubt. hooray for being right. you tell ‘em.
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