This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Trufflish Nuggets are the simplest treat possible – they took me about 10 minutes to pull together on a busy afternoon. What is a “trufflish nugget” anyway?
Dorie says they are:
very much like an old-fashioned macaroon, but with more flavors and a more interesting texture, and just a little like a truffle. The cookies are made in a food processor and include almonds – I usually start with whole, skin-on almonds – unsweetened coconut, chopped dark chocolate, a bit of cinnamon (if you’d like) and some sugar. When the mixture is sandy, you pulse in egg whites – they’re what give the cookies a slight crust – and scoop the dough out onto a baking sheet. You get a lot of pleasure for what amounts to about 5 minutes of work.
These are DELICIOUS! Like macaroons, as Dorie says, but with a bit more depth. Crunchy on the outside and a little chewy on the inside – so good! A few notes:
1. I halved the recipe, using up some egg whites that needed using (to get 1 1/2 whites, I weighed them) and the recipe made exactly 16 “nuggets”.
2. Dorie suggests using a cookie scoop with a 2 teaspoon capacity – I used my 1 tablespoon cookie scoop (<<<affiliate link but I find my scoops indispensable!) so I’m not sure if that is a typo in the recipe as if I made them smaller, it would have made 30 for half the recipe…
3. I would definitely make these again but perhaps bake them slightly less – these were just a *tad* too crunchy – a few minutes less (I baked for 22 minutes) would have been better. I definitely think that 25 minutes for smaller cookies (2 teaspoons of mixture) would overbake them.
A great way to use up bits and pieces in the pantry!
Get the recipe for Trufflish Nuggets on p 179 of Baking with Dorie or a version of it here.
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I love these! I can imagine they’re the perfect balance of squish and crunch!
Ten minutes! Good to know these can be whipped up when you have a hankering for something sweet. Thanks for all the great tips. They look so yummy!
Your nuggets look like little balls of chocolate goodness. Yum.
I was thinking like you…what is “trufflish nugget” haha! Yours look so nice from your scoop!
Thanks for all the helpful hints, I will keep that in mind when I baked them.
yes and yes! what the heck is a 2-tablespoon scoop? make them bigger and bake them less…yours look great. we liked these, too.
Love the shape of yours! Mine were a bit rustic. I would also bake them less because the outside was definitely rock-like.