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Hazelnut Cookies
Serve these sweet little nut cookies as petits fours with after dinner coffee - as a healthy bonus, they are rich in calcium.
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Ingredients
115g/4oz/8 tbsp soya margarine
75g/3oz/¾ cup icing sugar
115g/4oz/1 cup plain flour
75g/3oz/¾ cup ground hazelnuts
1 egg yolk
26 blanched hazelnuts, to decorate
Icing sugar, for dusting
Details
Makes: 26
Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Line 3-4 baking sheets with non-stick baking paper. Cream the soya margarine and sugar together with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Beat in the flour, ground hazelnuts and egg yolk until evenly mixed.
Take a teaspoonful of mixture at a time and shape it into a smooth round with your fingers. Place the rounds well apart on the baking paper and press a whole hazelnut into the centre of each one.
Bake the cookies, one tray at a time, for about 10 minutes or until golden brown, then transfer to a wire rack using a palette knife. Sift icing sugar over each cookie to cover. Leave to cool.
NUTRITION NOTES Per cookie:- Energy 102kcals/426kj, Protein 1.5g, Fat 7.9g, Saturated Fat 1.4g, Carbohydrate 6.7g, Fibre 0.5g, Sugars 3.3g, Calcium 16mg