strazzate
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These Chocolate Almond cookies are a traditional crumbly cookie from the Basilicata region of Italy, and are flavored with Strega, an Italian herbal liqueur. You can use Gallino, which can be found in most liquor stores.
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(1 rating)
yield
34 cookies
prep time
15 Min
cook time
30 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For strazzate
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2 Tbspunsalted butter
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1/2 tspbaking powder
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1 3/4 cfinely ground almonds
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2 Tbsproughly chopped almonds
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1 1/2 call purpose flour plus 2 t.
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1 cgranulated sugar
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2 Tbspchocolate chips, mini
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1 Tbspcocoa powder
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1 Tbspextra-virgin olive oil
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1/2 tspkosher salt
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1/2 cstrega or galliano liqueur
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1/3 ccoffee, room temperature
How To Make strazzate
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1Heat oven to 325^. Grease 2 parchment-lined baking sheets with the butter and set aside. --- In a small bowl, whisk together baking powder and 1 T. lukewarm water until dissolved, 20 seconds.
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2Combine ground and chopped almonds, flour, sugar, chips, cocoa, oil and salt in a large bowl. With a wooden spoon, stir in the baking powder mixture, liqueur and coffee to form a wet dough.
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3Divide the dough into 1 oz. portions. Using your hands, roll dough portions into balls and place on baking sheets spaced about 1-inch apart. Bake until set, about 30 minutes. Transfer cookies to racks and let cool to firm before serving.
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