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Hazelnut Melting Moments Cookies

Crumbly, chocolate cookie with Hazelnuts
Course: Dessert
Keyword: cookie

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Butter soften
  • 2/3 cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Lemon Peel grated
  • 2 tsp Vanilla 2
  • 2 1/2 cup Flour
  • 1 Egg Yolk
  • 1 cup Chocolate Chips
  • 1 1/2 cup Ground Hazelnuts

Instructions

  • In a large bowl (or a stand mixer) beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy
  • Add vanilla, lemon peel and egg yolk. Mix well
  • Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup and level off.
  • Mix in flour and ground hazelnuts
  • Shape dough into 1 1/2 inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on an ngreased cookie sheet
  • Make an indent in each ball with your thumb, creating a pool in the centre
  • Bake your cookies at 325 degrees F for 10 to 15 minutes, until light golden brown around the edges.
  • Melt chocolate chips in a microwave or on the stove top in a double boiler.
  • Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon melted chocolate into the center of each cookie sheet.
  • If you have leftover hazelnuts, you can roast them in the oven for 8 minutes (until skin cracks) and chop them up to decorate the chocolate with.