Buttery, almond, melt-in-the-mouth shortbread with just 5 ingredients, Baci Di Dama are very easy to make. These Italian cookies are filled simply with chocolate, and are the perfect cookies for gifting.
100ggood quality chocolate (I use a combination of dark 50% and milk chocolate)(½ cup, chopped)
For best results, always weigh ingredients where a weight is provided
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180C / 350F / 160C fan forced. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
Beat together the butter and sugar and light and creamy. Add almond meal and flour and mix together with a spatula or by hand until all combined.
Roll little balls (about 12g each or 2 teaspoons) and place on a tray in the freezer for 15 minutes. This will stop them from spreading too quickly once they go in the oven.
Transfer the balls to baking trays, 2 inches apart and bake in the oven for around 20 minutes until turning golden.
Remove from oven and transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely. Place in the fridge (see notes).
Melt the chocolate in a bowl in the microwave, in 30-second increments until JUST melted. Allow it to cool a little.
Drop a little chocolate onto the flat side of half of the cookies, then place them back in the fridge for a couple of minutes to set (see notes). Add a little more chocolate to each one and sandwich together with another cookie.
Notes
For best results, always weigh ingredients like flour and sugar. If you don’t have kitchen scales (they’re super cheap) make sure to spoon the flour into a measure then level with the back of a knife.
All ovens vary – start checking for doneness 2-3 minutes before the recipe suggests.
Placing the cookies in the fridge makes the chocolate set a little quicker and so the melted chocolate doesn’t just drip right off the edge.
After topping with chocolate the first time, the fridge again will help this set so you can add a little more chocolate to each then stick them together.
Feel free to replace the almond meal in this recipe with hazelnut meal (which I believe is more traditional). Also, feel free to make your own from scratch.
Course: Afternoon Tea, Dessert, High Tea, Snack, Sweets
Cuisine: Italian
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