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Hazelnut-Chocolate Stars

I created this cookie, which combines my two favorite flavors -- hazelnut and chocolate -- just for this contest.

Courses: Dessert

Recipe Ingredients

1 1/2 cups 355mlHazelnuts
1/2 cup 55g / 1.9ozChocolate chips
1 1/3 cups 315mlPlus
1 teaspoon 5mlAll-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons 7.5mlBaking powder
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlSalt
3/4 cup 148g / 5.2ozCold unsalted butter - cut into pieces
3/4 cup 120g / 4.2ozBrown sugar
1   Egg
1 teaspoon 5mlVanilla
  For Apricot Filling
1 lb 454g / 16ozDried apricots - coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons 30mlFresh lemon juice
1 cup 237mlWater
1 tablespoon 15mlSugar

Recipe Instructions

Finely chop hazelnuts in a food processor; remove to a bowl. Finely chop chocolate chips and 1 teaspoon flour in food processor; add to the nuts. Set aside.

Sift the 1 1/3 cups of flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

Cream butter and brown sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla; beat until well combined.

Add the flour mixture to the butter in thirds, beating well after each addition. Add the hazelnut-chocolate chip mixture, using a wooden spoon and mixing until the dough is well combined.

Form the dough into three flat disks, dusting with a little flour, if necessary, to prevent sticking; wrap in plastic and chill in the refrigerator for 12 to 24 hours.

Remove one disk from the refrigerator and roll on a lightly floured work surface into an 11-inch circle, 1/4-inch thick. Cut out stars using a star-shaped cookie cutter. (You may use different sizes of stars for variety.) Save the scraps and reform into a disk. Chill the scraps slightly before rolling out and cutting. Repeat with other disks.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place the stars on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake one sheet at a time until the cookies are brown around the edges, about 7 to 8 minutes. Cool cookies on a rack.

Prepare Apricot Filling: Place all ingredients in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook, uncovered, stirring frequently, until all of the liquid is absorbed, about 10 minutes. Puree this mixture in the food processor until smooth. Allow the filling to cool completely before filling the cookies. (Filling may be prepared a day in advance and refrigerated.)

Fill the cookies just before serving, if possible, so they stay crisp: Spread a thin layer of the filling on the bottom side of one star and sandwich with another, bottom-side facing the filling.

This recipe yields 45 sandwich cookies.

Nutritional Analysis Per Cookie: 122 calories, 16g carbohydrates, no protein, 6g fat, 14mg cholesterol.

Source:
Simply Delicious by Sheila Lukins from Parade magazine - Pub date: - 12-09-2001 - S(Reformatted for MC6): - 07-30-2002 by Joe Comiskey - [email protected] - Yield: - 45 cookies

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