Ground Hazelnut Cookies
Light, healthy cookies made with ground hazelnuts and butter
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 ozs butter unsalted
- 3 ozs hazelnuts shelled
- 5 ozs all purpose flour
- salt a pinch
- 2½ ozs granulated sugar
- honey orange blossom (for filling)
Instructions
How to make ground hazelnut cookies:
- Pre-heat the oven to 3500F.
- Toast the hazelnuts to golden brown and cool them. Remove the skin and grind the nuts. (Skip this step if using store-bought ground hazelnuts.)
- Cream the butter and sugar for 5 minutes until soft.
- Add the flour sieved with the salt and beat for a minute.
- Combine the ground hazelnuts and beat for another minute.
- Remove from the stand mixer and knead lightly.
- Refrigerate the dough (after sealing the container with clingfilm) for 30 minutes.
- Roll out the dough on a floured surface to ⅛" thick and cut them into desired shapes.
- Place the cookies on a lined baking tray and bake for 8 minutes. Remove the cookies from the oven even if they are not golden brown in color. Leaving the cookies to bake for longer will make them taste bitter.
- Cool the cookies on a wire rack and then sandwich with orange blossom honey.
Notes
Notes:
- Toasting the freshly shelled hazelnuts gives a rich taste. However, you could use the store-bought ground hazelnuts.
- Butter can be substituted with margarine. If you cannot find hazelnuts, use almonds with the skin, walnuts or pecans.
- Wildflower honey or even Greek honey can be used for sandwiching.
Nutrition
Calories: 116kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 3gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 10mgPotassium: 74mgFiber: 1gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 17IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 21mgIron: 1mg
