Hazelnut Shortbread Cookies

Another recipe for my Christmas cookie tray…I really love the flavor of the toasted hazelnuts combined with the dark chocolate.  I made a couple of different shapes, logs, squares and circles, just for variation…the squares were the easiest, just spread the dough onto the cookie sheet, bake and slice after removing from the oven.

shortbread

Ingredients:

1 cup husked hazelnuts
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 ounces good-quality semisweet chocolate (I used Lindtt 59%)

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350ºF (175ºC)
Toast hazelnuts on cookie sheet about 10 minutes.
Remove from oven and allow to cool.
Lower heat to 325ºF (160ºC).
Place hazelnuts in blender or food processor and pulse to coarse bits; set aside.
Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt to blend; set aside.
Beat butter and sugar until smooth.
Beat in egg.
Gradually beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture.
Add the chopped hazelnuts and mix.
Chill dough in refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
Form into finger sized logs, about 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons dough each, and place on parchment lined cookie sheets. (Or, roll into smaller sized balls, and press with the back of a glass, or spread dough onto a cookie sheet evenly.)
Bake until firm, about 15 minutes.
Remove from oven and cool on racks.
Melt chocolate over a double boiler and dip half of each cookie into the chocolate.
Place on parchment to dry.
Store in refrigerator.

Galletas de Avellanas con Chocolate

Ingredientes:

1 vaso (de los de Nocilla) avellanas sin piel
1 1/2 vasos harina simple
1/2 cucharada levadura Royal
pizca de sal
1/2 vaso mantequilla (temperatura natural)
1/3 vaso azúcar
1 huevo
1 cucharadita aroma de vainilla (Vahiné)
1 tableta de chocolate (Lindtt 59%)

Elaboración:

Precalentar el horno a 175º.
Tostar las avellanas unos 10 minutos y dejar enfriar.
Bajar el fuego a 160º.
Picar las avellanas en el robot y reservar.
Mezclar la harina, la levadura y la sal en un bol y reservar.
Batir la mantequilla con el azúcar con las varillas hasta que estén cremosos.
Añadir el huevo y volver a batir hasta que esté incorporado.
Poco a poco, añadir la mezcla de harina hasta que esté incorporado.
Añadir las avellanas y remover.
Dejar la masa en la nevera unos 30 minutos.
Formar palitos y bolas con la mitad de la masa y extender la otra mitad en una fuente de horno.
Hornear las galletas unos 15 minutos, o hasta que estén hechos.
Las que estén en la fuente? Partirlas ahora en caliente con un cuchillo, y dejar todas la galletas a enfriar.
Derretir el chocolate y “mojar” las galletas hasta la mitad.
Poner las galletas sobre papel de horno para secar.
Guardar en la nevera.

15 Responses to “Hazelnut Shortbread Cookies”

  1. Hazelnut and chocolate are wonderful together, Nikki – and these cookies look beautiful!
    Love all the shapes you created.


  2. You can ship these along with the fudge, okay? I’ll be waiting….


  3. Yum! I’m a big fan of anything with chocolate and hazelnuts.


  4. Hazelnut and chocolate cookies sound really nice.


  5. Thank you, Patricia! :)

    Ok, L…noted! ;)

    Hi Jennifer! Thank you so much! Your website is beautiful! I can’t wait to read more of your posts! :)

    Hi Kevin! Thanks! :)


  6. These look gorgeous and so simple! I just added it to my “must make soon” list. :)


  7. Thank you, Maxine! :) I hope you like them! Please let me know how they turn out for you! :)


  8. These look so good, I suddenly wish we had hazelnuts available here that were not incredibly stale. I love the glossy elegance :)


  9. Perfect Nikki!!! I love all the shapes and the fact that they are dipped in chocolate!!


  10. Those look delicious! I love any cookie that’s dipped in chocolate but these sound especially good :)


  11. Thanks so much, everyone! :D

    Manggy, you could substitute another kind of nut…can you get macadamias? Even almonds or walnuts would work. ps. I stopped by your site! Awesome. :)

    Thank you as always, Valli! :) , and hi Hillary! Thanks so much! Dipping things in chocolate really makes everything better, doesn’t it? Well, maybe not *everything*, I mean hotdogs probably wouldn’t be so great, but just about everything else. ;) lol


  12. 10644 – good site. PeterPan


  13. these cookies look super !! i’m sure you cant just stop at one :p


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  15. Those look great! Love the chocolate covering half cookie.


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