Chocolate Hazelnut Butter Crisps

Submitted by Chef mariajane

"Another fantastic little cookie for that lovely cookie tray for the guests in yur home, just so delicious!!"

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 72 cookies

ingredients

• 2 1⁄4 cups flour
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄4 cups butter, softened
• 1 1⁄3 cups icing sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup unbleached hazelnuts, toasted, roughly ground
• semi-sweet chocolate square
• hazelnuts
• additional icing sugar (optional)

directions

1. Sift together flour and salt. Cream butter; gradually beat in sugar and vanilla. Gradually add dry ingredients to creamed mixture; blend until smoothly combined.
2. Stir in nuts. Form into 1-inch balls. Place 1 dozen at a time on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten to round about 2-inch diameter with bottom of glass dipped in flour.
3. Bake at 325F for 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Dip half of each cookie in melted chocolate. Garnish with whole hazelnuts. Let stand on wire rack until chocolate sets.