Decorated Shortbread Cutouts With Nutella® Hazelnut Spread

• 1 1/3 cups flour
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 7 tablespoons butter, room temperature
• 1 pinch salt
• 3/4 teaspoon gingerbread spice mix
• 1/3 cup Nutella(R) hazelnut spread
• Cookie cutter or a stencil made out of cardboard

1. In a bowl, mix all the ingredients together, except for the Nutella(R) hazelnut spread, for 1 to 2 minutes until the dough becomes workable.
2. Roll out the dough between 2 sheets of baking paper until it reaches a thickness of around 1/8th of an inch.
3. Cut out the dough using a cookie cutter or a stencil.
4. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
5. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F and position the baking rack in the middle of the oven.
6. Transfer the cookies onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake for 10 to 11 minutes. Remove from the oven and let them cool down on the tray.
7. Fill a piping bag fitted with a small nozzle (about 1/16th of an inch) with the Nutella(R) hazelnut spread and pipe 1/2 tbsp of Nutella(R) hazelnut spread on half of the cookies and assemble with the other half.
8. Finish your cutout cookies with Nutella(R) hazelnut spread.

flour, granulated sugar, butter, salt, gingerbread spice mix, nutellauae hazelnut spread, cutter

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/261445/decorated-shortbread-cutouts-with-nutella-hazelnut-spread/ (may not work)