Chocolate crescents

Name: Chocolate crescents
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 50 Portionen
Ingredients: 350 g Flour; 250 g Butter, soft; 200 g Hazelnuts, ground; 100 g Sugar; 25 g Cocoa; 1 Päckchen Vanilla sugar; 1 Prise Salt; 2 Stück Eggs; 100 g Dark chocolate

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Cook Time

1 h

Servings

Difficulty

Medium

Prep Time

30 Min

Description

Chocolate crescent cookies, perfect for Christmas.

Ingredients (9 ingredients)

350 g Flour
250 g Butter, soft
200 g Hazelnuts, ground
100 g Sugar
25 g Cocoa
1 Päckchen Vanilla sugar
1 Prise Salt
2 Stück Eggs
100 g Dark chocolate

Preparation (8 steps)

Prepare ingredients

Preheat oven to 175°C top/bottom heat. Line baking sheets with baking paper.

Grind hazelnuts

Thermomix® Setting

10 sec/Speed 10

Add 200 g hazelnuts to the mixing bowl and grind for 10 sec/speed 10. Transfer and set aside.

10 sec

Mix sugar and butter

Thermomix® Setting

30 sec/Speed 4

Add 250 g soft butter in pieces, 100 g sugar, 1 packet vanilla sugar and 1 pinch of salt to the mixing bowl and mix for 30 sec/speed 4.

30 sec

Add eggs

Thermomix® Setting

20 sec/Speed 4

Add 2 eggs and mix for another 20 sec/speed 4.

20 sec

Add flour, cocoa and nuts

Thermomix® Setting

2 min/Kneading speed

Add 350 g flour, 25 g cocoa and the ground hazelnuts and process for 2 min/kneading stage to form a dough.

2 min

Process dough

Shape the dough into a roll and wrap in cling film. Place in the refrigerator for approx. 30 minutes.

Shape and bake crescents

Remove the dough in portions and shape into rolls approx. 1 cm thick. Cut off approx. 1 cm thick slices and shape into crescents. Place on the prepared baking sheets and bake in the preheated oven for approx. 12-15 minutes.

Decorate crescents

After baking, let the crescents cool slightly. Melt 100 g dark chocolate in a water bath or in the microwave. Dip the ends of the crescents in the chocolate and let them dry on a wire rack.