Chocolate Amaretti Heartbreakers
Ready In: 45 mins
Serves: 10
Ingredients
- 3 large double amaretti cookies (or 6 amaretti from 3 paper-wrapped packets)
- 2 ounces high-quality bittersweet chocolate
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 pinch salt
- 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄3 cup cocoa (preferably Dutch process)
- 1 1⁄2 cups milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 eggs
- slivered almonds (for garnish)
GARNISH
- confectioners' sugar (optional)
- Amaretto, sweetened (optional)
- whipped cream (optional) or regular sweetened whipped cream, with (optional)
- slivered almonds (optional)
- ice cream (optional)
- hot fudge (optional)
Directions
- Place the amaretti and bittersweet chocolate in the work bowl of a food processor or in a blender and process until pulverized; set aside.
- Preheat a waffle iron. If you’d like to serve the waffles warm, preheat an oven to 350°F.
- Melt the butter; set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, granulated sugar and cocoa.
- In another bowl, whisk together the milk, vanilla, almond extract and eggs until well blended.
- Pour the liquid ingredients over the dry ingredients and stir with the whisk to combine.
- Fold in the amaretti-chocolate mixture and the melted butter.
- Lightly butter or spray the grids of the waffle iron, if needed.
- Brush or spray the grids again only if subsequent waffles stick.
- Spoon out 1/3 cup of batter (or the amount recommended by the manufacturer’s instructions) onto the hot iron.
- Use a metal spatula or wooden spoon to spread the batter evenly over the grids.
- Close the lid and bake until just set.
- Bake these slightly less than you do other waffles because chocolate has a tendency to burn easily.
- There’s no need to worry, but you do want to keep an eye on these.
- Transfer the finished waffles to a cooling rack while you make the rest.
- If desired, just before serving, warm the waffles briefly, about 2 minutes, in the oven.
- They’re good at room temperature, too.
- To Serve:
- You can present a full five-of-hearts to each person, shaking a dusting of confectioners’ sugar over the entire waffle and then scooping some Amaretto whipped cream or ice cream onto the center.
- Hot fudge sauce is both luscious and luxurious over these.
- Broken into individual hearts and filled with ice cream, these make fabulous sandwiches.
- Makes about 10 full five-of-hearts or about six 6 1/2-inch round waffles.
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