Hazelnut Spritz Cookies with Colored Sugars

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Chopped hazelnuts, Toasted
• 3 Cups flour
• 1 Tsp baking powder
• 1/4 Tsp salt
• 3 Sticks unsalted butter
• 1 -1/4 Cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 -1/2 Tsp vanilla

Also needed

• A Cookie Press With Decorative Disks
• Decorating Colored Sugars and nonpareils

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 F.
2. Pulse nuts and 1/4 cup flour in Food Processor util finely ground.
3. Whisk nuts, remaining flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl to mix.
4. Beat butter, sugar, egg and vanilla in a bowl until fluffy
5. Beat in the flour mixture to form a soft dough
6. Divide in fourths, and do not chill
7. Place dough into a cookie press and press out cookies on ungreased baking sheets.
8. Sprinkle with sugar and nonpareils.
9. Bake 12 minutes or until golden at edges.
10. Cool Completely.

Notes

This recipe makes 160 hazelnut spritz cookies

contributed by

• World Recipes Y-Group