Raspberry Hazelnut Christmas Trees Recipe
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Raspberry Hazelnut Christmas Trees
These cookies would make a nice centerpiece for the Cookie
Table. Use a small Christmas tree and hang the cookies. An added touch would be
to write each guests name on a cookie.
3 C. all-purpose flour
1/4 t. salt
1/4 t. baking powder
1 C. chopped hazelnuts, toasted
2/3 C. sugar
1 1/4 C. unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
1 t. vanilla extract
Confectioners' sugar
Seedless raspberry jam, at room temperature
Combine the flour, salt and baking powder in a medium bowl; set aside.
In a food processor, finely grind the nuts with the 2/3 cup sugar. In a large
bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter until light and fluffy. Add the
ground-nut mixture; beat to blend. Beat in the egg, egg yolk and vanilla. Stir
the dry ingredients into the butter mixture.
Divide the dough into 4 portions. Flatten each into a disk. Wrap the disks in
plastic wrap and chill until firm, at least 4 hours. (The dough can be made
several days ahead.) Remove 1 disk at a time from the refrigerator and let it
sit for about 10 minutes before rolling out.
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Roll out the dough disk to a thickness of 1/8
inch on a lightly floured, cloth-covered work surface with a cloth-covered
rolling pin. (Instead of flour, you can roll out the cookies on a cloth-covered
surface covered with confectioners' sugar or a blend of confectioners' sugar and
flour. It keeps the cookies from getting tough.)
Cut out the cookies with a tree-shaped cookie cutter. Transfer the cookies to a
parchment-lined cookie sheet, spacing them about 1/2 inch apart.
Using about a 2-inch-long piece of a drinking straw, cut out round "ornaments"
in half of the cookies. (You'll need a toothpick to clean the dough from the end
of the straw.) Refrigerate scraps.
Bake the cookies until golden, about 10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool about 1
minute on the cookie sheet so they will firm up slightly and are easier to
remove. Using a spatula, transfer the cookies to a rack and cool. Repeat rolling
and cutting the remaining dough disks and scraps.
Lightly sift confectioners' sugar "snow" over the cooled cookies with the
ornament cutouts. Spread about 1 teaspoon of jam over the bottom of the solid
tree cookies. Top with 1 ornament cookie and press gently together.
The cookies can be stored at room temperature for a few days. Refrigerate for
longer storage. The cookies can be made about two weeks ahead. Place in a single
layer in an airtight container and refrigerate.
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