If the dough doesn't quite stick together, add a little cold water - I added one tablespoon.
water
Wrap the dough in cling film and put it in the fridge for about an hour - for the dough to chill.
How to make nut cookies
Heat up the nut cookie machine, or if you have a pan, heat it from both sides.
From the chilled dough, tear off small pieces of dough and roll them into balls.
Place the balls into the indentations of the mold.
Close the mold/pan and bake the nut cookies for about 2 minutes (if you are doing this in a pan, after about 2 minutes, flip the pan and bake for a little longer on the other side).
Carefully remove the baked cookies from the mold and set aside to cool.
If the cookies are not perfectly shaped - they have excess dough on the sides, you can remove it using a fine grater or a knife.
How to make cream for nut cookies
Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie - pour some water into the bottom of a saucepan, place a heatproof bowl on top of the pot and put lightly chopped chocolate into it.
50 g milk chocolate
Boil the water in the pot and wait for the chocolate to melt.
Blend the mascarpone cheese with nut paste or peanut butter, add the melted chocolate and blend thoroughly together.
125 g mascarpone cheese, 1 tablespoon nut paste
To make your work easier, I recommend transferring the cream to a piping bag.
Apply the cream into the indentations of the cookies, then stick two halves together.
It's best to store the finished cookies in an airtight container and leave them overnight.
The shortcrust pastry will soften slightly from the cream, and the nut cookies will then be better to eat.