Your eyes may say “waffle,” but your taste buds say “cookie.” [Photograph: Daniel Shumski]
These buttery, lightly sweet almond cookies take a beautiful shape in the waffle iron. They’re delicious filled with chocolate ganache, dulce de leche, jam, or lemon curd.
Why this recipe works:
- The gently toasted golden brown exterior and waffle grid make these cookies mouthwatering at a glance.
- The nutty flavor of the almond cookie is a great fit with the bittersweet chocolate ganache, the caramelized sugar notes of dulce de leche, or the tang of lemon curd.
Note: Different shapes of waffle irons will yield different appearances for your cookies. Testing showed that this recipe works best in standard-type waffle irons (those with shallower divots) as opposed to Belgian-style irons (those with deeper indents). When it comes to the filling, half of this chocolate ganache recipe will yield enough for a full recipe of these sandwich cookies. You can also make your own dulce de leche or find it at your grocer. Ditto for lemon curd.
