Chocolate Holiday Sparklers

Total Time: 1 hr 22 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon salted butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup egg (about 2)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup spelt flour
• 1/4 cup ground almonds (or ground tigernuts, which i used)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch sea salt
• 1/4 cup mint-flavoured chocolate chips (mine were with glitter!)
• 1/2 cup icing sugar, for rolling
• 1/4 cup sanding sugar, for rolling

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, beat the butter, oil, sugar, egg whites and vanilla until slightly thickened.
• 2 sift in the cocoa, then beat in the flour, nuts, baking powder and salt.
• 3 fold in the chocolate chips.
• 4 cover and chill 1 hour.
• 5 heat oven to 350f and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• 6 mix the sugars in a medium shallow bowl and set aside.
• 7 roll the chilled dough into 1” balls and roll in the sugar mixture to coat completely.
• 8 place on the baking sheets, leaving about 1” between each.
• 9 bake 12 minutes, until the cookies are puffed and the sugared surfaces have cracked apart.
• 10 remove from the oven and let sit for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.