Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Recipe : Hazelnut "melt in your mouth" Cookies

2 batches of this 'melt in your mouth' cookies just fresh out of the oven for Christmas. I love simple and yet great tasting cookies. This recipe is mum's genius invention, also published in her second book, Heritage Cookbook.

Ingredients:

175 grams Salted Butter
75 grams Icing Sugar
125 grams Plain Flour
75 grams Cormflour
50 grams Ground Hazelnut
75 grams Roasted & Chopped Hazelnuts

Method:
  1. Mix plain flour, cornflour and ground hazelnut together in a medium sized bowl.
  2. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. (tip : use good butter like Anchor or Tatura, the quality of your butter determines the quality and taste of your cookies)
  3. Mix in the dry ingredients, followed by the chopped hazelnuts.
  4. Keep mixture in the fridge (not freezer) to firm up a little.
  5. Remove from fridge, make small balls and flatten a little with a fork.
  6. Bake for 15 minutes at 175 degrees Celsius.
  7. Remove and cool on rack.
* makes about 64 good sized cookies per batch.

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