Holiday Cookie Sandwich With Nutella Hazelnut Spread Food

CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter, Nutella and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg. In another bowl, whisk flour, cinnamon and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Add hazelnuts; mix well., Divide dough in half; shape each into a disk. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/4-in. scalloped round cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until bottoms are light brown, 8-10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool. If desired, dust with confectioners' sugar.

ITALIAN HAZELNUT COOKIES WITH NUTELLA® HAZELNUT SPREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together hazelnuts, flour and sugar. Mix in butter, egg yolk and salt until combined. Form into ball; wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Roll dough into 48 small balls, about 2 tsp each. Arrange balls, about 2 inches apart, on parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
• Bake, in batches, for about 18 minutes or until just set and lightly golden brown. Let cool completely on cooling rack.
• Spread or pipe 1 tsp Nutella® hazelnut spread over the bottoms of half of the cookies. Sandwich with remaining cookies.

HOLIDAY COOKIE SANDWICH WITH NUTELLA® HAZELNUT SPREAD

Steps:

• Split the vanilla pod lengthwise with a knife and scrape out the seeds or use 2 teaspoons vanilla extract instead.
• In a bowl, mix the butter, confectioners' sugar, egg, vanilla seeds and salt. Mix briefly to blend until all the ingredients are combined, but without over working. Add the sifted flour and mix again briefly.
• Roll this mixture up into a ball, wrap it with plastic wrap and let the dough rest for 1 hour in the fridge.
• Take the dough out of the fridge and cut into 2 parts with a knife.
• Roll out each piece between 2 pieces of parchment paper to a thickness of 1/4 of an inch. Rest the two layers in the fridge for at least 10 minutes (ideally 1 hour).
• Remove the 2 layers from the fridge. Using a round cookie cutter, cut out cookies. Using smaller cutters, cut a shape out of the top cookies.
• Bake on the middle shelf of the oven at 350 degrees F for approx. 10 minutes. Take out of the oven and let cool.
• Using a pastry bag, put 1/2 tablespoon of Nutella® hazelnut spread onto each cookie without a hole. Then cover with the top cookie.

HOLIDAY COOKIE SANDWICH WITH NUTELLA® HAZELNUT SPREAD

Steps:

• Split the vanilla pod lengthwise with a knife and scrape out the seeds or use 2 teaspoons vanilla extract instead.
• In a bowl, mix the butter, confectioners' sugar, egg, vanilla seeds and salt. Mix briefly to blend until all the ingredients are combined, but without over working. Add the sifted flour and mix again briefly.
• Roll this mixture up into a ball, wrap it with plastic wrap and let the dough rest for 1 hour in the fridge.
• Take the dough out of the fridge and cut into 2 parts with a knife.
• Roll out each piece between 2 pieces of parchment paper to a thickness of 1/4 of an inch. Rest the two layers in the fridge for at least 10 minutes (ideally 1 hour).
• Remove the 2 layers from the fridge. Using a round cookie cutter, cut out cookies. Using smaller cutters, cut a shape out of the top cookies.
• Bake on the middle shelf of the oven at 350 degrees F for approx. 10 minutes. Take out of the oven and let cool.
• Using a pastry bag, put 1/2 tablespoon of Nutella® hazelnut spread onto each cookie without a hole. Then cover with the top cookie.