Gingerbread with hazelnut ganache

This was actually baked during the fasting month. I didn't want the common chocolate almond and so tweaked a recipe that I have and turned it into theseeeee!! ehehehe! The recipe was for a gingerbread man that I baked for a school event (will post the pics soon I hope!;p), changed it a little here and there, added hazelnut and created my own ganache and voila!

It was a very crunchy cookie but it wasn't quite a favourite for many; maybe because of the spices but I love it all the same!eheheheh! I can't remember where I got the recipe from but it was online and basically most of the gingerbread recipes were similar. Don't really know why the chocolate ganache was not the "dry" kind, will try to find out and post it here!

Meanwhile, do try out this recipe!;p

Ingredients

Cookie Dough

(Get ready aluminium cups)

- 21/2 cups of all purpose flour

- 1 cup of granulated sugar

- 1 teaspoon of baking soda

- 1/2 cup of powdered hazelnut

- whole hazelnuts for the middle of the cookie

- 1 teaspoon of powdered cinnamon

- 1 teaspoon of powdered ginger

- 1 teaspoon of powdered spices (5 spices, usually comes in a bottle so you don't have to literally find 5 different spices!)

- 2 eggs

Hazelnut Ganache

- some powdered hazelnut

- 1 cup of heavy whipping cream

- 1 cup of baking chocolate

- 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

- 1 cup of sugar

- 1/2 cup butter

Method

- mix everything (except whole hazelnuts) to form cookie dough

- heat up oven at 180 Degree Celcius for 10 minutes

- take a whole hazelnut, roll it into a small ball of cookie dough and press it down into aluminium cups

- bake for 10-15 minutes (not too long or it will be very hard)

*** if not too sure whether cookies are baked, insert a small toothpick in the middle. If it comes out clean, ur cookies are done. Don't panic if cookies seem soft coz it will hardened when cooled***

- cool cookies

- for ganache: melt butter with chocolate

- remove from double boiler and stir in the rest of the ingredients till well-mixed

- lastly, pour over the cooled cookies and put in the fridge

- serve the next day!

*** keeps for a month in the fridge, not longer than that! else you will have to eat green, mouldy cookies instead!hehehhe!***

Happy trying!!=)))