Title: Lemon Hazelnut Cookie Sandwiches
Categories: April 1995
Yield: 1 servings

1 c All purpose flour
1/2 c Toasted hazelnuts; (about 2
-ounces)
1/4 ts Salt
1/4 ts Ground cinnamon
1/2 c Unsalted butter; room
-temperature (1
; stick)
1/2 c Powdered sugar
2 ts Grated lemon peel
1 ts Vanilla extract
3 tb Lemon marmalade
Additional powdered sugar

Finely grind flour, nuts, salt and cinnamon in processor. Using electric
mixer beat butter and 1/2 cup sugar in large bowl until smooth. Beat in
lemon peel and vanilla. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture and mix just
until dough holds together. Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap
in plastic and chill until firm, about 1 hour.

Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 325F. Butter large baking
sheet. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness.
Using 3-inch round cookie cutter, cut out cookies. Gather scraps into ball.
Reroll dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out additional cookies, forming
total of 12. Transfer rounds to prepared sheet. Using 1-inch round cookie
cutter, cut out center of 6 cookies and remove. (Can be baked for snacks.)

Bake cookies until golden, about 20 minutes. Transfer sheet to rack and
cool 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to rack and cool completely.

Spread 1 1/2 teaspoons marmalade evenly over each cookie without a hole,
leaving 1/8-inch border uncovered. Sift additional powdered sugar over
cookies with holes; arrange powdered sugar side up atop jam-covered
cookies. (Can be prepared up to 2 days ahead. Store cookie sandwiches in
single layer in airtight container at room temperature.)

Makes 6.

Bon Appetit April 1995

Converted by MC_Buster.

Per serving: 1213 Calories (kcal); 92g Total Fat; (66% calories from fat);
1g Protein; 101g Carbohydrate; 248mg Cholesterol; 561mg Sodium Food
Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 18 1/2 Fat;
6 1/2 Other Carbohydrates

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