Hazelnut Cookies
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup superfine sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 cup hazelnuts, chopped fine, toasted until golden, and cooled
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- and grease 2 baking sheets.
- In a bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy and beat in vanilla and zest.
- Into another bowl sift together flour, salt, and baking powder, beat into butter mixture until just combined.
- Stir in nuts.
- Roll level teaspoons of dough into balls and put 2-inches apart on baking sheets.
- (Alternatively, drop teaspoons of dough 2-inches apart onto baking sheets.)
- Bake cookies in batches in middle of oven until pale golden, about 18 minutes.
- Cool cookies on baking sheets 2 minutes and carefully transfer with a metal spatula to racks to cool completely.
- Cookies may be made 3 days ahead and kept in airtight containers.
unsalted butter, sugar, vanilla, freshly grated orange zest, flour, salt, baking powder, hazelnuts
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/hazelnut-cookies-11430 (may not work)