Richard Sax

Spumette

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    3 dozen

    cookies
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Cookie Lover's Cookie Book
The Cookie Lover's Cookie Book

By Richard Sax

Published 1986

  • About

These chocolate-hazelnut meringues started out as a completely different cookie, and through gradual changes during testing, wound up being one of the best recipes in the book. They’re light as can be, with a crisp, crackled top, and intensely chocolate, melt-in-your-mouth interiors. A nonstick pan is a big help for baking them.

Ingredients

  • 1½ cups hazelnuts, with skins (about 6 ounces)
  • 1 cup plus 2

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 300°F. Butter and flour three baking sheets, preferably nonstick (or use sheets of aluminum foil); set aside. Place the hazelnuts in a cake pan and toast in the oven until fragrant, about 10 minutes. Rub the nuts between layers of kitchen tow