Italian Hazelnut Cookies With Nutella® Hazelnut Spread
- 2 cups ground hazelnuts
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/2 cup Nutella(R) hazelnut spread
- In a large bowl, mix together hazelnuts, flour and sugar. Mix in butter, egg yolk and salt until combined. Form into ball; wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 3 hours.
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Roll dough into 48 small balls, about 2 tsp each. Arrange balls, about 2 inches apart, on parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
- Bake, in batches, for about 18 minutes or until just set and lightly golden brown. Let cool completely on cooling rack.
- Spread or pipe 1 tsp Nutella(R) hazelnut spread over the bottoms of half of the cookies. Sandwich with remaining cookies.
ground hazelnuts, flour, sugar, butter, egg yolks, salt, nutellauae hazelnut spread
Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/261451/italian-hazelnut-cookies-with-nutella-hazelnut-spread/ (may not work)