Chocolate Hazelnut Cutout Cookies (Nocciolini)

Chocolate Hazelnut Cutout Cookies (Nocciolini)
Chocolate Hazelnut Cutout Cookies (Nocciolini) requires approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes from start to finish. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 2132 calories, 18g of protein, and 127g of fat per serving. For $2.62 per serving, you get a dessert that serves 2. If you have flour, sugar, cornstarch, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

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Preheat oven to 35
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Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl with a stand mixer until well blended, or whirl in a food processor.
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Add cornstarch and flour and beat on low speed, or whirl, until dough comes together and is very smooth.
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Divide dough in half.
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Roll each portion between sheets of parchment paper into a 1/8-in.-thick round. Stack and freeze rounds on a baking sheet until dough is firm enough to cut, about 20 minutes.
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Lift off parchment, cut dough with a floured 1 1/2- to 2-in.-wide cutter, and transfer to ungreased baking sheets, spacing slightly apart. Gather scraps, refreeze, and reroll as needed.
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Bake cookies until light golden, 10 to 14 minutes, switching pan positions halfway through baking.
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Transfer to racks to cool.
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Spread half of cookies on flat sides with a generous coat of chocolate hazelnut spread, then top each with a second cookie.
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Make ahead: Up to 3 days, stored airtight.
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Note: Nutritional analaysis is per 1 1/2-in. sandwich cookie.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In2 hrs, 15 m.
Servings2
Health Score16
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