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January 23, 2014

Spiced Hazelnut Linzer Cookies

Spiced Hazelnut Linzer Cookies made with ground hazelnuts and stuffed with chocolate hazelnut spread. Sometimes mistakes are good to make.


Spiced Hazelnut Linzer Cookies

Want to hear a funny story about these Spiced Hazelnut Linzer Cookies? I accidentally made this recipe back in November. I know, I know – how do you “accidentally” make a cookie? I was recipe testing for my gingerbread linzer cookies, and this was the first batch. Although they came out fine, they didn’t scream gingerbread when you took a bite. Hazelnut, yes, but no molasses or ginger. Rather than toss a perfectly good cookie, I sandwiched them together with Nutella to reflect the hazelnuts in the dough. Boom – now nobody will know it was a mistake.


Spiced Hazelnut Linzer Cookies

The first time I made linzer cookies was back during my Tuesdays With Dorie days. They were melt-in-your-mouth amazing, the kind where you couldn’t stop thinking about them. I tried adapting her recipe for my gingerbread cookies; again I didn’t quite get the punch I wanted. After adjusting the recipe to compensate the molasses and sugar, the cookies came out a bit crunchier than Dorie’s, but that didn’t stop me from eating them. Oh and these mail well because I sent them to a friend for Christmas. I had to get them out of my house before I ate them all!


Spiced Hazelnut Linzer Cookies

Linzer cookies aren’t linzer cookies without ground nuts in the dough. It took me forever to find fresh hazelnuts where I live and ended up buying them at an Italian market near my parents (one benefit of visiting them when I can’t find an ingredient). Even though I specify chocolate hazelnut spread in the ingredients, feel free to use another filling. My original intention was peach jam, but I can see using cherry or raspberry jams as well.
Spiced Hazelnut Linzer Cookies

Spiced Hazelnut Linzer Cookies

Yield: 16

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups ground hazelnuts
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground clove
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup chocolate hazelnut spread

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, whisk together the hazelnuts, flour, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, and salt.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter, brown sugar, and molasses until smooth, about 2-3 minutes. Add the egg and beat 1 minute more. Gradually add the flour mixture until just incorporated (do not overmix).
  3. Divide the dough in half. Put one dough half between two pieces of plastic wrap and flatten into a disk. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough until about 1/4-inch thick. Repeat with the other dough half. Place both in the refrigerator and chill at least 2 hours.
  4. Preheat oven to 375F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  5. Take one dough half out and peel off the top plastic wrap. Using a 2.5-inch scalloped cookie cutter, cut out as many cookies as you can and place on the baking sheets. Gather up the scraps, roll out to 1/4-inch thick, and cut out more cookies. Once the first dough half is gone, repeat with the second dough half. If the dough gets too warm and keeps sticking at any time, place back in the refrigerator until cold again.
  6. Using the wide end of a piping tip, cut out a circle in the center of half the cookies. Transfer the rounds to the baking sheets to bake along with the cookies.
  7. Bake for 11-13 minutes or until dry and just firm to the touch. Let cool for a few minutes then transfer cookies to a cooling rack.
  8. Once the cookies are completely cooled, place about 1 teaspoon chocolate hazelnut spread onto each cookie without a hole. Top with the other cookies. Store in an airtight container.

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© Carla Cardello (www.chocolatemoosey.com)

 
Source: Adapted from Baking: From My Home to Yours (Amazon affiliate link)
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  • Chocolate Raspberry Linzer Cookies from Pineapple and Coconut
  • Lemon Poppyseed Linzer Cookies from Diva Eats World

Filed Under: Cookies + Bars Tagged With: chocolate hazelnut spread, cinnamon, hazelnuts

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Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Carolyn says

    January 23, 2014 at 7:31 AM

    Totally, totally love these, Carla! Pinned.

    Reply
  2. Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says

    January 23, 2014 at 10:38 AM

    I LOVE HAZELNUTS and I loooove these cookies! aghhhhh I neeed em!

    Reply
  3. Jennifer | Bake or Break says

    January 23, 2014 at 11:58 AM

    I have “accidentally” made some things, too. A little kitchen serendipity can be magical!

    Reply
  4. [email protected] says

    January 23, 2014 at 12:19 PM

    I think you would call these a HAPPY accident!! These look amazing! I like the original linzer cookies…but i sure wouldnt mind stuffing my face with these!!

    Reply
  5. Mimi @ Culinary Couture says

    January 23, 2014 at 2:20 PM

    I love how you still made it work even when they didn’t come out exactly the way you wanted–props to you for being a positive baker! I can’t wait to try these!

    Reply
  6. dina says

    January 23, 2014 at 6:37 PM

    yummy variation for linzer!

    Reply
  7. Nancy @ gottagetbaked says

    January 23, 2014 at 11:09 PM

    What a delicious “mistake”, Carla! I love hazelnut in anything but sandwiched between a thick, luscious layer of Nutella? Heaven!

    Reply
  8. Anita at Hungry Couple says

    January 24, 2014 at 9:14 AM

    Mail well, do they? I guess my mailman ate them. :) Seriously, love, pinned, making, wanting…

    Reply
  9. Nutmeg Nanny says

    January 24, 2014 at 5:58 PM

    OH my! These look so lovely. Plus they are stuffed with Nutella…how can you resist?

    Reply
  10. Becca from It's Yummi! says

    January 25, 2014 at 9:28 AM

    You can’t make a mistake where Nutella is concerned :)
    I had to give away my blackberry liner cookies at Christmas, too. Once you pop, you can’t stop!

    Reply

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