Italian Hazelnut Cookies with Nutella® hazelnut spread recipe

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Ingredients

2 cups ground hazelnuts
1 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
¾ cup butter, softened
2 egg yolks
1 pinch salt
½ cup Nutella® hazelnut spread

Nutrition Info

220 calories
carbohydrate: 19.5 g
cholesterol: 32.3 mg
fat: 15 g
fiber: 1.5 g
protein: 3.2 g
saturatedFat: 5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 50.7 mg
sugar: 11.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, mix together hazelnuts, flour and sugar. Mix in butter, egg yolk and salt until combined. Form into ball, wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 3 hours.

  2. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Roll dough into 48 small balls, about 2 tsp each. Arrange balls, about 2 inches apart, on parchment paper-lined baking sheets.

  3. Bake, in batches, for about 18 minutes or until just set and lightly golden brown. Let cool completely on cooling rack.

  4. Spread or pipe 1 tsp Nutella® hazelnut spread over the bottoms of half of the cookies. Sandwich with remaining cookies.

Recipe Yield

24 cookies

Recipe Note

Two crunchy hazelnut cookie halves, filled with a soft layer of Nutella® hazelnut spread. Is there anything better on a winter's day? No wonder these Italian cookies are called Lady's Kisses! A marriage made in heaven.

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