Hazelnut Sugar cookie

I came up with this variation due i though the basic sugar cookie need a lift.

Hazelnut Sugar Cookie

Ingredients

2 sticks of unsalted butter chilled and cut into cubes
3 cups unbleached flour
1 1/2 cups of powder sugar
2 large eggs plus two additional eggs just the whites
1 teaspoon of real vanilla extract
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup of finely chopped toasted hazelnuts
Jam of choices, i use raspberry

Directions

Place in the food processor the butter and the sugar, pulse until crumbly. In large bowl whisk together the dry ingredients, excluding the nuts. Now add the two whole eggs and the the extract and pulse to combine. Next turn the processor on and add in the flour, once the dough comes together it is ready.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a small bowl whisk the egg whites until light. Place the nuts in another bowl.

Next roll the dough into one inch balls, dip them into the egg whites and then roll them in the nuts and place them onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. With you thumb make an indentation on the top of the cookie. Place the cookies two inches part. Bake for about 12 to 15 minutes or until light golden brown. As before transfer the parchment with the cookies to the cooling rack and fill the depression in the cookies with jam and let cool.

Enjoy Cooking