Description
Makes approximately 55 cookies.
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Ingredients
| 1/4 Cup | Sugar – white, granulated |
| 2 Cups | Flour – all purpose |
| 1 tsp | Lemon zest – finely ground |
| 1/4 tsp | Salt |
| 1 Cup | Butter – unsalted, room temperature |
| 1 large | Egg yolk |
| 2 tsp | Vanilla – pure extract |
| 1 1/2 Cups | Hazelnuts – freshly ground, fine grind |
| 250 ml jar | Sun Dried Cherry Sauce |
| 2 tsp | Arrowroot flour or cornstarch |
| Chocolate Mocha Sauce | |
| Maple Cappuccino Sauce |
Instructions
1. In a food processor, pulse the sugar until it is fine and powdery. Add the flour, salt and lemon zest and pulse just long enough to mix. Add the butter and pulse just long enough to mix. Add the egg yolk, vanilla and ground hazelnuts. Pulse until the mixture becomes damp and begins to clump. At this stage it may be easier to turn the mixture into a bowl and use your hands to assure that it is evenly mixed. Form the dough into a large ball. Cover it tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate the dough for 2 hours or preferably overnight.
2. Meanwhile, to thicken the Sun Dried Cherry Sauce for filling, add the arrowroot flour or cornstarch to the sauce. Bring to a boil and cook until mixture thickens slightly. Pour the mixture into a jar or bowl. Set aside until ready to use. Refrigerate if the mixture won’t be used within 3 hours.
3. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and allow it to come to room temperature.
4. Preheat the oven to 325˚F.
5. Prepare cookie sheets with parchment or silpats. Flour your hands and roll the dough into smooth walnut sized balls. Arrange on a cookie sheet about 2” apart. Using your thumb, make a deep hole in the center of each cookie (but not right through.) Bake for 10 minutes. Remove the cookies from the oven and fill the thumbprints with either thickened Sun Dried Cherry, Chocolate Mocha or Maple Cappuccino sauce. Put the cookies back in the oven and bake for a further 4-5 minutes or until they are a pale golden colour. Remove the cookies from the oven. Let cool on the cookie sheets, and then transfer them to a cooling rack. Dust with icing sugar and cool completely. Store in an air tight container in the fridge for up to one month, or freeze.
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