“My grandmother used to make these cookies but I never got the recipe from her.”

These delicate, lace-like cookies are filled with a rich chocolate ganache. They are perfect for special occasions or as a delightful treat.

Ingredients:

Ingredients for the Cookies:

Ingredients for the Filling:

Instructions:

Making the Cookies:

1. Preheat oven: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
2. Prepare butter mixture: In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar and corn syrup (or honey). Cook, stirring constantly, until smooth and bubbly, about 1-2 minutes.
3. Mix dry ingredients: In a medium bowl, combine almond flour and salt.
4. Combine wet ingredients: Remove butter mixture from heat and stir in vanilla extract. Let it cool slightly.
5. Make the batter: Add butter mixture to almond flour mixture and mix until well combined. Whisk in egg white until batter is smooth.
6. Shape cookies: Drop teaspoonfuls of batter onto prepared baking sheets, spacing about 3 inches apart. Flatten each mound with the back of a spoon or fingers to form thin rounds (about 2-3 inches in diameter).
7. Bake cookies: Bake in preheated oven for 8-10 minutes, or until golden brown around the edges. Remove from oven and let cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes. They will be very soft at first but will crisp up as they cool.
8. Shape while warm: While cookies are still warm and pliable, use a spatula to carefully lift them and drape them over a rolling pin or a bottle to create a curved shape. This gives them their characteristic lace-like appearance. Let cookies cool completely on the rolling pin or bottle to set their shape.

Making the Filling:

1. Prepare chocolate ganache: In a small saucepan, heat heavy cream over medium heat until it just begins to simmer.
2. Melt chocolate: Place chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl. Pour hot cream over chocolate chips and let it sit for 1-2 minutes.
3. Add vanilla: Add vanilla extract and stir the mixture until chocolate is completely melted and smooth.
4. Fill cookies: Carefully remove cooled cookies from the rolling pin or bottle. Spoon a generous amount of chocolate ganache onto the flat side of one cookie. Sandwich another cookie on top, pressing gently to spread the filling to the edges.
5. Let set: Place filled cookies on a wire rack or parchment-lined tray to allow chocolate filling to set.