JAM FILLED NUT COOKIES

JAM FILLED NUT COOKIES

Ingredients:

200 g flour

150 g ground hazelnuts

1 egg

100 g sugar

2 tsp vanilla sugar

Pinch of salt

125 g butter

125 g cherry jam

100 g dark chocolate

Approx.20 walnut halves

1.     Mix the flour and hazelnuts together and transfer the mixture onto your work surface. Add the egg, vanilla sugar, salt and flakes of butter and knead all the ingredients together.

2.     Shape the dough into a ball and wrap it in cling film and stand in a cool place for 1 hour.

3.     Roll out the dough on a floured work surface, a portion at a time, then cut out the cookies using a cookie cutter. 

4.     Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Place the cookies on baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes.

5.     Puree the cherry jam and use it to sandwich two cookies together at a time.

6.     Break the chocolate into pieces and melt it either in a warm bain-marie or in a microwave. 

7.     Top with half a walnut.

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