Chocolate Hazelnut cookies

I have received many request for more cookies, here is another cookie i adapted from a recipe i found in a turn of the century cook book. Below is half the recipe I usually do: i make this the same time i make another cookie that needs 4 egg whites. This should make about 36 cookies

Chocolate Hazelnut cookies

Ingredients

1 1/2 bars of Green & Blacks 85% Dark Chocolate bars
1 cup of hazel nuts
1 cup of unbleached all purpose flour
1/3 cup of raw sugar
1 stick of unsalted butter at room temp
1 teaspoon of real vanilla extract
2 teaspoons of Amaretto
2 egg yolks

Directions

Place hazelnuts into a sauce pan over medium high heat and roast until the skins start to come off and the nuts start to brown on the edges. Remove from heat on cool. Once cool place in the food processor with a table spoon of the raw sugar and process until finely ground. Remove from the processor and place in a large bowl, now add the chocolate to the processor and pulse until shredded, you want very small pieces. Add the chocolate to the nuts. Now add the flour to bowl and toss well.
In the stand mixer cream butter with the balance of the sugar until light. Next add the wet ingredients mix until completely blended. With the mixer on medium speed add dry ingredients slowly; once combined, remove from mixer, work into a ball, dived and place on plastic wrap and form into a two logs about 2 inches in diameter, wrap logs and chill overnight.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees
Slice logs into 1/4 inch slices, place on parchment lined cookie sheets.
Bake for about 10 to 12 minutes or until edges start to brown.
Transfer cookies on the parchment paper to cooking rack, by now you should be skilled at sliding the cookies off the hot sheet while still on the parchment paper.

Enjoy Cooking