Prep Time: 20 min
Cook Time: 1 hour
Serves: about 3 dozen cookies
• 12 tablespoons (170grams/ 6 oz) unsalted butter, softened
• 2 1/2 cups (312.5 grams/ 11.02 oz) powdered sugar
• 7/8 cup egg whites (from about 6 eggs)
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons lemon extract
• 1 1/2 cups (187.5grams/ 6.61 oz) all purpose flour (I used rice flour mix, with 1/2 t xanthan gum)
• Cookie filling, recipe follows
Cookie filling:
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped (I used dark chocolate)
• 1 orange, zested (I used 1 T triple sec)
1. In a mixer with paddle attachment cream the butter and the sugar.
2. Add the egg whites gradually and then mix in the vanilla and lemon extracts.
3. Add the flour and mix until just well mixed.
4. With a small (1/4-inch) plain tip, pipe 1-inch sections of batter onto a parchment-lined sheet pan, spacing them 2 inches apart as they spread.
5. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 10 minutes or until light golden brown around the edges. Let cool on the pan.
6. While waiting for the cookies to cool, in a small saucepan over medium flame, scald cream.
7. Pour hot cream over chocolate in a bowl, whisk to melt chocolate, add zest and blend well.
8. Set aside to cool (the mixture will thicken as it cools).
9. Spread a thin amount of the filling onto the flat side of a cookie while the filling is still soft and press the flat side of a second cookie on top.
10. Repeat with the remainder of the cookies.
They look fantastic!
ReplyDeleteYour cookies and photos look great!
ReplyDeleteOMG, look at that shiny ganache oozing out. Those are beautiful Milanos, and the photos are spectactular! Awesome job!
ReplyDeleteYour cookies look great! I really wanted to reach in, grab one and take a bite. I can't wait to see how your mallows turned out.
ReplyDeleteThey look great, and I love the photos
ReplyDeleteWonderful cookies and beautiful photos! Well done!
ReplyDeletelooking amazing recipe, generally buy my food from Restaurant.com store, but wants to try this!
ReplyDeleteGreat job and your cookies look delicious. Lovely clicks as well.
ReplyDeleteOoh those look so yummy. I only made the mallows, but these make me want to start a batch of Milan cookies right now!
ReplyDeleteMint sounds gooooood! Can't wait for the mallows which is what I was really looking to drool over!
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Your cookies look great! I had the same soggy issues and it is quite warm in my kitchen these days. Tasty, but not as crispy/crumbly as I was hoping.
ReplyDeleteIncredible. I am so excited to make these as they are my husband's favorite kind of cookie. Yay!
ReplyDeleteYour cookies are very beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you enjoyed this!
Nice cookies there...yummy
ReplyDeleteJust made them!! They're delicious!!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness. Making these!
ReplyDeletethose look amazing!! How would you go about making them mint though? is it a creme like in Andes mints or is just mint flavored chocolate???
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