As he took me on a tour of his parve bakery in the Dan Eilat hotel, head Pastry Chef Gabi Elmakeas shared this recipe for kosher Chocolate Walnut Cookies.
Ingredients:
- 5 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups (375 grams) sugar
- 20 ounces (550 grams) good quality chocolate
- 2.5 ounces (75 grams) margarine (or butter)
- 1/2 cup (100 grams) flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons (one 13 gram package) baking powder
- 1 1/4 cups or 10 ounces (300 grams) walnuts, chopped
- 1 1/4 cups or 10 ounces (300 grams) chocolate chips
Preparation:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius).
2. Using an electric mixer, beat the eggs and sugars together until light and fluffy.
3. Melt chocolate and margarine in the microwave or in a double boiler. Add to eggs and sugar mixture. Mix well.
4. In a small bowl, mix flour with baking powder. Then fold into batter.
5. Fold in the chocolate chips and walnuts.
6. Drop 1 teaspoonfuls of dough 1 inch apart onto cookie sheets lined with baking paper.
7. Bake the cookies for 10 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
SOURCE: Recipe reprinted with permission from Gabi Elmakeas, Head Pastry Chef of Dan Eilat Hotel.
NOTES:
1. Butter can be used instead of margarine, but then the cookies will be dairy instead of parve.
2. To make these cookies kosher for Passover, replace the 1/2 cup (100 grams) flour with 1/4 cup (50 grams) matzah flour and 1/4 cup (50 grams) potato starch.
2. Using an electric mixer, beat the eggs and sugars together until light and fluffy.
3. Melt chocolate and margarine in the microwave or in a double boiler. Add to eggs and sugar mixture. Mix well.
4. In a small bowl, mix flour with baking powder. Then fold into batter.
5. Fold in the chocolate chips and walnuts.
6. Drop 1 teaspoonfuls of dough 1 inch apart onto cookie sheets lined with baking paper.
7. Bake the cookies for 10 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
SOURCE: Recipe reprinted with permission from Gabi Elmakeas, Head Pastry Chef of Dan Eilat Hotel.
NOTES:
1. Butter can be used instead of margarine, but then the cookies will be dairy instead of parve.
2. To make these cookies kosher for Passover, replace the 1/2 cup (100 grams) flour with 1/4 cup (50 grams) matzah flour and 1/4 cup (50 grams) potato starch.
