noche buena chocolate sandwich cookies

Name: Noche Buena Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup(s) flour; 1/4 cup(s) cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon(s) chili powder; 1 teaspoon(s) cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 3/4 cup(s) butter, unsalted (1 1/2 sticks) softened; 2/3 cup(s) sugar; 2 large egg yolks; 2 tablespoon(s) coffe liqueur such as kahalu or 2 tbls brewed coffe; 1 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract; 4 ounce(s) bittersweet chocolate -finely chopped, melted and cooled; 1/2 cup(s) dulce de leche or very thick spreadable carmel

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27 Pinches

venetta lagios

san francisco, CA

Updated on Feb 3, 2013

My niece made these at Christmas and they were wonderful, i am not a cookie person but really loved these You can adjust the chili powder to your taste.

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prep time 2 Hr

cook time 10 Min

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yield 2-21 /2 dz

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, unsalted (1 1/2 sticks) softened
2/3 cup sugar
2 large egg yolks
2 tablespoons coffe liqueur such as kahalu or 2 tbls brewed coffe
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate -finely chopped, melted and cooled
1/2 cup dulce de leche or very thick spreadable carmel

How To Make noche buena chocolate sandwich cookies

Step 1

preheat oven to 350

Step 2

Sift or whisk together flour,cocoa, chili powder,cinnamon salt in a bowl until combined set aside
Step 3

combine butter,sugar in a bowl, using electric mixer or wooden spoon, beat until light and fluffy add egg yolks,coffee liqueur or coffe and vanilla beating well, scraping down the said after each addition.mix in the cooled chocolate
Step 4

reduce speed to low, add dry ingredients 1/2 cup at a timeand mix until combined well.
Step 5

Drop batter by rounded teaspoon 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet. if desire, sprinkle with ground almonds. Bake, rotating eht edges, 8 to l0 minutes. transfer with a metal spatula to rack to cool.
Step 6

continue with the remaining dough making sure to let baking sheet cool between batches.
Step 7

To fill the cookies spead 1tsp of dulce de leche on the flate side of a cookie, top with a second cookie to form a sandwich. fill remaining cookies the same way. dust with additional cocoa power and sprinkle of sinnamon, ground almonds and/or chile powder
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