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Chocolate Hazelnut Thumbprints Recipe

Since we live in hazelnut country, I love making these special cookies for festive occasions. I usually bake two or three batches for parties and homemade gifts. They're yummy tasting and cute as can be!

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Chocolate Hazelnut Thumbprints Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 36 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

2/3 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg plus 1 egg yolk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup ground hazelnuts
1/2 cup raspberry preserves
Confectioners' sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg, yolk and vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, cocoa and salt; add a third at a time to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in nuts.
Roll dough into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, make a 1/2-in.-deep indentation in the center of each ball; fill with 1/4 teaspoon of preserves. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool. Just a before serving, lightly dust with confectioners' sugar. Yield: about 6 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 2 cookies equals 84 calories, 5 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 21 mg cholesterol, 68 mg sodium, 10 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Chocolate Hazelnut Thumbprints in Country Woman Christmas , p30