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Hazelnut Star Cookies

Hazelnut Star Cookies are a bit fussy to make, but are an understated, delicious, butter cookie and beautiful too!
Prep Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 10

Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 cup hazelnuts, toasted
  • 1 cup butter room temperature
  • 3 egg yolks large
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
  • In a food processor, pulse the hazelnuts with 1/4 cup of the flour mixture until fine.
  • Add remaining flour mixture and pulse, then add butter and pulse again to combine into coarse crumbs.
  • Place in a bowl and use a fork to blend in egg yolks and vanilla until the dough comes together.
  • Shape dough into two disks, wrap in parchment, and let chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  • Remove one disk from fridge and roll between two pieces of parchment paper to 1/8 inch thickness.
  • Leave dough on parchment and set on cookie sheet. Refrigerate for another 30 minutes or more.
  • Remove from fridge and cut with cookie cutters. Place on another parchment lined cookie sheet and cut out the centres from every second cookie.
  • Bake for 10 to 12 minutes at 350F.
  • Remove from oven and let cool.
  • Dust tops of star-shaped cookies with icing sugar.
  • Put filling on bottom cookie, and gently set the star cookie on top. Don't press or it will break.
  • Let sit for a couple hours, or over night.

Notes

Use a bright red filling such as red raspberry jelly or crabapple jelly.
 
I found that once the butter and egg were added, I had to (gently) knead the dough to get it to come together (very similar to making pie crust).
*recipe adapted from Martha Stewart
 
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