Cookie Recipes - Hazelnut Cookies Recipe

  
 

Butter Cookie Recipes - Hazelnut Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup/100 g raw sugar (Demerara or Barbados)

  • 1 2/3 cups/250 g finely ground hazelnuts

  • 1 1/2 cups/225 g all-purpose/plain flour

  • 1/8 tsp salt

  • 2/3 cup/150 g butter, cut up

  • 1 large egg yolk, lightly beaten

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 325°F/170°C/gas 3. Set out twelve mini paper liners on a baking sheet.

  2. Sift the flour and salt into a medium bowl.  Beat the butter, granulated sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until creamy.

  3. Mix in the dry ingredients and milk. Fit a pastry bag with a 1/2-inch (1- cm) star tip.

  4. Fill the pastry bag, twist the opening tightly closed, and squeeze rosettes into the paper liners. Press a piece of cherry into the top of each cookie.

  5. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until firm to the touch. Transfer the cookies still in the liners to racks to cool.