Nusstaler (Chocolate-Dipped Hazelnut Cookies) Recipe | SAVEUR

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Ingredients

  • 12 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
  •  1/2 cups sugar
  •  1 tbsp. vanilla extract
  •  1 egg
  •  3 oz. toasted hazelnuts, very finely ground, plus whole raw hazelnuts to garnish
  •  2 cups flour
  •  1/2 tsp. natural cocoa powder
  •  6 oz. semisweet chocolate, melted

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 350°. Beat butter, sugar, and vanilla with a hand mixer until fluffy. Add egg and beat until smooth. Whisk together ground hazelnuts, flour, cocoa, and salt in a bowl; add to butter mixture; beat. Portion dough into 1" balls; transfer to parchment paper-lined baking sheets, spaced 2" apart. Place a whole hazelnut on top of each. Bake until cracked on top, about 10 minutes. Let cool. Dip bottom of each cookie in chocolate; chill until set.