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Hazelnut Cutout Cookies Recipe

My grandmother taught me how to bake this wonderful cookie among other recipes. Now every time I bake these at Christmas, I have wonderful memories of her.—Alice LeBlanc, Alburg, Vermont

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Hazelnut Cutout Cookies Recipe

Prep: 1 hour + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch

Yield: 72 Servings

60 10 70

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
1 egg white
2 cups all-purpose flour
Dash baking soda
2 cups ground hazelnuts
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar or vanilla sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg white. Combine flour and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Beat in hazelnuts. Cover and refrigerate overnight or until easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with floured 2-in. cookie cutters. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 6-8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Dust with confectioners' sugar. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 6 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 71 calories, 4 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 7 mg cholesterol, 20 mg sodium, 9 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 fat, 1/2 starch.

Originally published as Hazelnut Cutout Cookies in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2009, p77