Hazelnut Tea Cakes Food

HAZELNUT TEA CAKES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat your oven to 325F.
• 2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, 1/4 cup powdered sugar, and the vanilla until smooth and light.
• 3. Next add the flour, salt, and ground hazelnuts and stir until well combined.
• 4. Chill dough for 1 hour, drop onto greased cookie sheets in rounded teaspoons.
• 5. Bake in preheated 325 F oven for 25 minutes.
• 6. Cool for 10 minutes, then roll in powdered sugar.
• 7. Cool completely on a wire rack, then once again, roll in powdered sugar.

PUMPKIN-HAZELNUT TEA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly coat an 8-by-4-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on low speed, beat together the canola oil, pumpkin puree, honey, brown sugar and eggs until well blended.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the flours, flaxseed, baking powder, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt.
• Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture and, using the electric mixer on medium speed, beat until well blended.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Sprinkle the hazelnuts evenly over the top and press down gently to lodge the nuts into the batter.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, about 50 to 55 minutes.
• Let cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Turn the loaf out of the pan onto the rack and let cool completely.
• Cut into 12 slices to serve.