Pumpernickel chocolate cookies
Ingredients for approx. 25 cookies
- 125 grams ground hazelnuts
- 2 slices of pumpernickel
- 25 grams flour
- 70 grams sugar
- 15 grams pumpkin seeds
- 30 grams chopped walnuts
- 30 grams chocolate chips
- 2 egg whites
- 50 grams sugar
- 1 slice of pumpernickel for decoration
- 1 tbsp. brown sugar
Preparation
- Chop the pumpernickel and pumpkin seeds finely.
- In a bowl, stir together the pumpernickel, pumpkin seeds, hazelnuts, flour, sugar, walnuts and chocolate chips.
- In a second bowl, beat the egg whites until they are stiff. Then, little by little, sprinkle in 50 grams of sugar.
- Add the whipped egg white to the dry ingredients using a spoon. Mix together well.
- Use a spoon to form little cookies and place these on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
- Finely chop the remaining slice of pumpernickel, sprinkle it onto the cookies and press down gently. Sprinkle the brown sugar on top.
- Bake the cookies for 12 minutes at 170 degrees Celsius. Remove the baking tray from the oven and let the cookies cool down on the tray.
Photo credits: Susanne Brauer