Lean Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies

Cookies are made from the simplest ingredients, it turns out fragrant, tender and crumbly.

Ingredients

• flour - 2 tbsp.
• cocoa powder - 3 tbsp
• baking powder - 2 tsp
• sugar - 4 tbsp
• vanilla sugar - 1 tsp
• walnuts - 100 gr
• vegetable oil - 125 ml
• water - 125 ml

Directions

1. Sift flour, cocoa and baking powder into a deep bowl. Add sugar, vanilla sugar and nuts. Nuts can be chopped with a blender, or you can simply chop them with a knife so that not only the nutty taste is in the cookies, but the nuts themselves are felt.
2. We mix everything well. Make a small well in the middle of the dry mixture. Pour refined sunflower oil into the dry mixture, mix, and then gradually add water.
3. Do not pour out all the water at once, as it may need a little more or less than according to the recipe. Therefore, I add water gradually in parts, achieving the desired dough consistency. Knead the dough first with a spoon, then with your hands. The result should be a cool, but soft, non-sticky and docile dough that is easily torn into pieces. The finished dough can be rolled out into a layer no more than 1 cm thick and cut out figures of future cookies from it with molds, or simply tear off small pieces from the dough, roll them into a ball, and lightly crush.
4. We spread the future cookies on a baking sheet covered with baking paper. I put the blanks at a small distance from each other, as the cookies will increase slightly in the baking process. I put the baking sheet with the dough in the oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake for about 15 minutes. It is important not to overexpose it in the oven, otherwise it will dry out and become tough. We check the readiness of cookies with a wooden stick. When leaving it, the stick should be dry, without traces of dough.
5. Ready cookies, while still hot, when pressed, are soft, but elastic. Leave the cookies on the baking sheet until completely cooled. Then sprinkle with powdered sugar and transfer to a plate. Lenten chocolate chip cookies with nuts are ready! Bon appetit!