Receta Hazelnut Raspberry Cookies
Ingredientes
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Direcciones
- Combine flour, salt and baking pwdr in medium bowl.
- Finely grind nuts with 2/3 c. sugar in food processor.
- Using electric mixer, beat butter in medium bowl till light and fluffy.
- Add in grnd nut mix; beat to blend. Beat in egg, yolk and extract. Stir dry ingredients into butter mix. Divide dough into 4 portions. Flatten each into disk. Wrap disks in plastic and chill till hard, about 2 hrs.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.Roll out 1 dough disk on heavily floured work surface to thickness of 1/8 inch (keep remainder refrigerated.) Cut out cookies, using floured 3-1/4x2-inch tree-shaped cutter. Quickly transfer cookies to ungreased cookie sheet, spacing 1/2-inch apart.
- Using 3/8-inch round pastry bag, tip, cut out rounds or possibly "ornaments" from half of cookies. Gather scraps; reshape into disk and chill.
- Bake cookies till golden brown, about 10 min. Using spatula, transfer cookies to rack and cold. Repeat rolling, cutting and baking with remaining dough disks and scraps.
- Lightly sift powdered sugar over cookies with ornament cutouts.
- Boil jam in heavy small saucepan till thickened, stirring constantly, about 4 min. Spread 1 tsp. jam over solid tree cookies, leaving 1/4-inch border. Immediately top each cookie with 1 tree with ornament cutouts press gently to adhere. Cookies can be prepared 2 weeks ahead.
- Place in single layer in airtight container and chill.
- Layer them between sheets of waxed paper and arrange in cookie tins lined with tissue paper.