Chocolate Hazelnut Tart – Day Two – Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
Well, a good tart needs a good crust. Some of the easiest ones are generally graham cracker or cookie crusts. You can go the easy route, I won’t judge (much), or you can make your own cookies to make the crust.
And that’s just what I did with this recipe.
This recipe makes more than enough to enjoy some sandwich cookies for a mid-day snack (or breakfast) and make your tart crust.
The recipe from the book Butter Baked Goods 
For starters, these cookies were very large. A big bonus in my book.
These cookies were soft and chewy. Another plus.
The filling is a simple buttercream filling. Which I like because it was quick and easy to make with minimal effort.
Finally, there’s a sugar crust on them – SCORE!
So, to me, these are so much better than Oreo’s. Yes, it’s easier to drive to the store and buy the Oreo’s but, really, it’s more fun to make them at home with your kiddo. Or surprise the kids when they come home from school. My daughter had a huge smile on her face when she saw these cookies waiting for her when she walked in the door from school.
Save a few cookies. I kept 8 off to the side that I did not fill. These cookies are going to get pulverized to make my cookie crust for my tart on Friday.
Prep time:
Cook time:
Serves: 24 - 36 cookies
- 3 cups flour
- ¾ cup dark cocoa
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1½ cups butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 Tbls vanilla
- Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl and stir them together.
- Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, then the vanilla and beat until combined. Finally add in the dry ingredients.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, measure out the cookies onto a sheet lined with either parchment paper or a silicon mat.
- Put a small amount of sugar into a bowl, press the bottom of a glass into the sugar and slightly flatten the cookie.
- Bake at 350℉ for 15 minutes. The edges should be slightly firm, but soft in the middle. Press more sugar into the top of the cookie flattening it a bit more with a glass.
- Transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Combine all ingredients in a mixer on medium speed.
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TIP for a white center, use Clear Vanilla
instead of a real vanilla. Real Vanilla will tint your filling a bit brown.
- Sandwich the filling and cookies and enjoy.
- (Save 8 - 10 cookies for the tart crust, but enjoy the rest.)
These cookies look way better than Oreos!! I guess I know what I’ll be doing this weekend! 😉
Karyn, these cookies sound so delicious – thank you so much for sharing these and your other amazing, sweet creations at Best of the Weekend. Of course, pinned them all! Hope you are having a happy week!
I love anything chocolate and your sandwich cookies look so tempting! I’ll be adding them to my recipes! Would love for you to share with my readers and link-up to https://partypatisserie.com/2014/02/linky-party-join-the-fun/
They are tempting! We loved them – and ate too many of them. thanks for stopping by.