Best Hazelnut Crescent Cookies Recipes

HAZELNUT CRESCENT COOKIES

Steps:

• Very finely chop hazelnuts in a blender (make sure it is a very fine chop but not pulverized) set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• Add the vanilla, mixing to combine.
• Gradually add the flour and hazelnuts to the wet ingredients, making sure all is thoroughly combined.
• Cover and chill in the refrigerator 2 hours or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• With hands, take about a tbsp of dough and roll into a rope shape.
• Twist on cookie sheet into a half moon to form a crescent shape.
• Bake for 10 minutes (do not brown).
• Let sit on cookie sheet for 5 minutes (cookies will be fragile).
• CAREFULLY roll in powdered sugar while still warm, then place on cooling rack to cool completely.
• Once completely cooled, roll in powdered sugar a second time.
• Store in tightly covered container.

SPICED HAZELNUT CRESCENT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 160C.
• Using a large bowl, sieve the flour into it.
• Cut the cold butter into the flour and mix.
• Next add the powdered sugar, ground cinnamon, nutmeg and mace, the ground hazelnuts and the whole egg.
• To help knead the mixture into a dough quickly, you will need to rinse your hands in cold water. It helps the dough to cling together easily.
• Wrap the dough and chill for half an hour.
• Form the dough into thumb thick rolls and cut into 1 cm wide pieces.
• Now roll and form the dough into crescents.
• Bake in a 160° Celsius oven for 10-15 minutes, or until the cookies are light gold in color.
• Mix the powdered sugar and vanilla sugar together, well.
• Roll or sprinkle the powdered sugar mixture on the cookies. You want to do this while the cookies are hot, it will stick easier.
• You can decide how much sugar you want on the cookies, if you want more, roll them again. Hope you will enjoy this lovely treat.