Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and this recipe is easy so you should make it for your significant other, family, friends or for yourself. Nutella screams decadence in my book, and the taste of this hazelnut spread is sublime. Nutella lovers you need to make this recipe and you can adjust the cookie shapes as desired. If you cannot have nuts, use raspberry preserves or any other flavor you like. The chewy texture of the cookie with the creamy-rich Nutella is a perfect pairing.
Yield: 1 1/2 to 2 dozen cookies (depending on cutter size and thickness of dough)
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| Linzer Nutella Cookies |
Ingredients
3 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour
1/2 teaspoon Coarse Salt
1 cup Granulated Sugar
Powdered Sugar (for dusting over the cookies)
1 1/2 cups, 3 sticks Unsalted Butter, softened
1 Large Egg, room temperature
1 tablespoon Pure Vanilla Extract
1 jar Nutella
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| Linzer Nutella Cookies |
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| Linzer Nutella Cookies |
Directions
In a large bowl whisk together the flour, and salt; set aside.
Cream butter and sugar in a hand held mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment on low; 1-2 minutes. Do not overmix.
Scrape sides of bowl with spatula and mix for 5 seconds.
Add egg and vanilla extract, and mix until incorporated; about 1 minute.
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| A beautiful and yummy cookie |
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| Linzer Nutella Cookies |
With the mixer off, add the flour mixture and cover with a large kitchen towel. On low speed incorporate.
The dough is ready when it begins to clump around the paddle attachment.
Form into a disk shape and cover with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for 1-3 hours or overnight. I chilled the dough for 2 hours.
Heat oven to 350°F.
Use two sheets of parchment paper with dough in between and roll with rolling pin until desired thickness is reached.
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| Linzer Nutella Cookies |
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| Linzer Nutella Cookies |
Take half of the cutout cookies and press a small heart shaped cutter into the center of each.
Place onto cookie sheets lined with parchment paper, and chill in the freezer for 20 minutes. The cookies hold their shape when you do this.
Bake 13-18 minutes or until the edges have slightly browned. My cookies baked in 17 minutes.
Oven temps vary so check the cookies at the 13 minute mark.
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| Add the powdered sugar with the cookies warm |
Do not use hot cookie sheets or the cookies will spread and lose their shape.
After you remove the cookies from the oven, wait 2-3 minutes and dust with powdered sugar over the cookie tops with the heart shape in the center; set aside.
Wait 2 minutes before transferring cookies with a cookie spatula to wire racks to complete cooling; about 1 hour.
Spread 1 tablespoon of Nutella onto each bottom cookie, leaving 1/2 inch around the edges, and then top with the cutout shaped cookies and press down lightly.
Enjoy!
-Sophia/Two Frys
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