Chocolate kourampiedes

Last year, the baby-friendly kourampiedes cookies recipe was very popular! You loved it, and not without reason. So, this year, let’s make the baby-friendly kourampiedes that the whole family will love, taking it a step beyond, to make a new Christmas recipe for chocolate kourampiedes! Aromatic chocolate sugar-free and egg-free kourampiedes that remain fluffy, crunchy, delicious, aromatic, and vanish before we can say “kourampies!” You can also make them before you can say “Kenwood” with the Titanium Chef Baker stand mixer that makes every recipe a piece of cake! Let’s go through everything.

What we are going to need

• Butter. Prefer 100% cow butter, ideally melted, the one sold in a jar. I didn’t want to substitute all the butter for our kourampiedes because I wanted to keep that buttery aroma that is so characteristic of them. The butter should be at room temperature.
• Olive oil. A part of the butter was substituted with olive oil. You won’t even notice it.
• Almonds. Use either almond powder or whole almonds that you’ll grind. For the whole almonds, they should be roasted in a frying pan for a few minutes or in the oven for 10 minutes, to make their taste soar, and then processed in the food processor. You can also use almond flakes. In any case, to make the chocolate kourampiedes baby-friendly, you must grind the almonds thoroughly in the food processor, to ensure they’re safe to eat.
• Coconut sugar. Coconut sugar is suitable for children over the age of 6 months old, but it’s still a sweetener, so it’s good to offer it in moderation.
• Rose water. A magical ingredient, with an amazing aroma, but you’ll need to pay attention to the quantities. If you add more than described, the result will be very intense. However, can anyone imagine kourampiedes without rose water?
• Vinegar. I usually prefer white vinegar or apple cider vinegar in preparations like this to replace the traditional cognac and get a crunchier result. You can add anything you happen to have, though.

• Flour. I made the kourampiedes-cookies in two versions, one with all-purpose flour, and one with spelt flour. I give you the version with spelt flour since it’s much more nutritious, but the choice is yours.
• Vanilla. What to use? Vanilla in sticks, using only its seeds, of course, Tonka beans that need grinding, or vanilla extract? The choice here is yours, too

And what else?

• Stand mixer. The Kenwood Titanium Chef Baker is the ultimate stand mixer. With a built-in scale, you can weigh directly into the bowl, with less mess. It also features double DuoBowl mixing bowls for flexibility and seamless backing, 25+ attachment tools, a powerful 1200W ChefMotor motor with 10 speeds, as well as a timer so that you can see exactly how long you’ve been mixing. In short, the Kenwood Titanium Chef Baker will make every recipe a piece of cake!
• Christmas cutters.

Tips

• You need to beat the butter thoroughly, it’s an important stage of the recipe to which you’ll need to dedicate some time. 
• Temperatures differ from oven to oven. Check often.
• You can give your chocolate kourampiedes the shape and size of your choice. If you do, you’ll need to adjust the baking time.
• If your oven doesn’t have a fan function, bake normally, adding 10 degrees. 
• They’re fluffier in their traditional shape.

Alternative topping:

• If you like kourampiedes with icing sugar, you can add some, but better avoid giving it to your little ones. There’s no reason for them to eat all that sugar, nor for you to be cleaning icing sugar from the floor for 10 days.
• The chocolate kourampiedes go excellently with, what else, some chocolate frosting. You can find some ideas here, here, and here.
• Other alternatives to icing sugar include almond powder and shredded coconut. Finally, you can make your own icing sugar with coconut sugar, a process I’ve detailed here.

How the little hands can help

• Adding the ingredients and weighing them in the Kenwood Titanium Chef Baker.
• Mixing the ingredients with their little hands.
• Choosing the cutters and cutting the kourampiedes cookies into the shape they like.

See more

• Greek Christmas cookies – “kourabiedes” 
• Baby friendly αλλά και vegan μελομακάρονα για όλους
• New year’s with tsoureki aroma

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