Day 5--Hazelnut Tea Cookies

Hazelnut Tea Cookies

Times:

Prep 18 min

Inactive Prep 1 hr 5 min

Cook 25 min

Total: 1 hr 48 min

Yield 45 cookies

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon table salt
• 2 sticks butter, softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar, plus additional for coating
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups hazelnuts, toasted and finely chopped

Directions

Heat oven to 325 degrees F and arrange racks in upper and lower third. Combine flour and salt in a medium bowl and whisk until aerated and evenly combined; set aside.

Place butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add sugar and vanilla and continue to mix until whipped and light, about 2 more minutes.

Add half of the nuts and mix until evenly incorporated and nuts are broken up, about 1 minute. Add flour and mix until well combined, about 1 minute. Remove bowl from mixer and stir in remaining nuts.

Shape dough into 1 tablespoon balls and place on baking sheets, spaced at least 1 inch apart. Bake, rotating pans halfway through, until underside of cookies are brown, about 25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool 5 minutes on baking sheets.

Meanwhile, place some powdered sugar in a medium bowl. Once the cookies have cooled, roll them in the powdered sugar until just coated and tap off excess. Let cool completely and re-coat in powdered sugar, tapping off excess sugar, before serving.

**NOTE**
Add pecan instead of hazelnuts.
This way it's called a Cocoon-
A Special Cajun Cookie
For Christmas every year my mother
& her BF used to prepare these.
It used to take 5 gals in the kitchen
to completely prepare these to be enjoyed!!
Amazingly Delicious!!!
~ Maybe one day when I have a kitchen
with a oven that works
I may try these with my boys....L