Hazelnut Cookies With Amarena Cherries

• 4 tablespoons butter (at room temperature)
• 4 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
• 1 egg, separated
• 1 pinch salt
• 3/8 cup flour
• 5 ounces hazelnuts, finely ground, divided
• 25 amarena cherries (drained and cut in half, SEE NOTE)

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0F (180u0b0C).
2. Mix butter, icing sugar and egg yolk, add flour, salt and 1/2 the hazelnuts.
3. Foam the eggwhite in a small bowl.
4. Put the remaining hazelnuts into another.
5. Form balls(from step 2 mixture)of about 2 inches(5 cm).
6. Dip first in egg white then in hazelnuts and place on baking tray, flattening them slightly.
7. Form a little hole in the middle and place half an amarena cherry in it.
8. NOTE:
9. If you cannot find amarena cherries, use drained dry maraschino cherries.
10. Bake for 12-15 minutes until lightly browned.

butter, sugar, egg, salt, flour, hazelnuts, amarena cherries

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/hazelnut-cookies-with-amarena-cherries-106837 (may not work)