Best 9 Hazelnut Shortbread Sticks Recipes

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In the realm of delectable treats, hazelnut shortbread sticks stand out as exquisite culinary delights that tantalize the taste buds and captivate the senses. Whether you are a seasoned baker looking to expand your repertoire or a novice cook seeking to impress your loved ones, embarking on a journey to create these delectable morsels is an endeavor worth pursuing. With their rich, buttery flavor, crumbly texture, and irresistible nuttiness, hazelnut shortbread sticks are sure to become a cherished addition to your baking repertoire. So, gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and let us guide you through the delightful process of crafting these exceptional treats.

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HAZELNUT SHORTBREAD



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We have several acres of hazelnut trees here in the Willamette Valley, where the climate is perfect for this crop. Harvesttime is a big family event with everyone pitching in to help. I try to incorporate this wonderful flavorful nut into our recipes, and this cookie is always a hit. -Karen Morrell, Canby, Oregon

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 30m

Yield 6 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons maple syrup or honey
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/4 cups finely chopped hazelnuts
1/2 cup each white, red, green, yellow and dark chocolate candy coating disks

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add syrup and vanilla. Beat in flour just until combined; fold in nuts. Shape into two 1-1/2-in. rolls; wrap tightly in waxed paper. Chill for 2 hours or until firm. , Cut into 1/4-in. slices and place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 325° for 14-16 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. , In separate microwave-safe bowls, melt candy coating disks; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies. Let stand until set.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 170 calories, Fat 11g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 14mg cholesterol, Sodium 75mg sodium, Carbohydrate 16g carbohydrate (8g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.

HAZELNUT SHORTBREAD COOKIES RECIPE



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These hazelnut shortbread cookies are perfect for your Christmas cookie box. The cookies have the consistency of crumbly, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread, with a distinctive hazelnut flavor.

Provided by Julia

Categories     Dessert

Time 25m

Number Of Ingredients 6

1/2 cup hazelnuts ((2 oz))
1/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
4 oz unsalted butter (, cold, cut into small pieces)
1/4 cup powdered sugar (, for dusting)

Steps:

  • Toast raw hazelnuts at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 5-7 minutes until fragrant. Cool the nuts to room temperature, then husk them by rubbing a handful of hazelnuts between your hands. This should do a pretty good job of getting rid of most of the skins. Some will remain - that's OK.
  • To make finely ground nuts, place toasted and husked hazelnuts and 1/4 cup sugar into food processor and process until finely ground.
  • Add 3/4 cup and 2 tablespoons of flour and a pinch of salt to the food processor and pulse to combine. Add butter and process until dough forms, scraping the sides of the food processor bowl with spatula if necessary. The dough will be soft.
  • On a flour-dusted surface, roll dough into 2 logs, each about 1 inch wide. Wrap each log in plastic wrap and place wrapped cookie dough in the freezer for 30 minutes, then in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 325 Fahrenheit.
  • After cookie dough has been in the freezer and in the refrigerator, unwrap plastic and slice each log into thin cookie slices.
  • Place cookie slices on a parchment-lined ungreased baking sheet, spacing 2 inches apart.
  • Bake for about 12-15 minutes, don't let the cookies get brown.
  • Cool cookies on baking sheet for 5 minutes, after that transfer cookies to wire rack to continue cooling. Using sifter, sprinkle cookies with powdered sugar.
  • Store cookies in airtight container - they can last about 2 weeks.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 63 kcal, Carbohydrate 5 g, Fat 4 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Cholesterol 8 mg, Sugar 2 g, ServingSize 1 serving

CHOCOLATE DIPPED HAZELNUT SHORTBREAD



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Provided by Dave Lieberman

Categories     dessert

Time 40m

Yield about 1 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup husked hazelnuts
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, room temperature
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 ounces good-quality semisweet chocolate

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Place hazelnuts on baking sheet. Bake until they're a shade darker and fragrant, about 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
  • Lower oven to 325 degrees F.
  • Place hazelnuts in blender or food processor and pulse to coarse bits; set aside. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt to blend; set aside.
  • Beat butter and sugar together with a wooden spoon until smooth. Beat in egg. Gradually beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Add the chopped hazelnuts and mix until distributed evenly throughout.
  • Form into long cookies and place on greased cookie sheets. Bake until firm, about 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on racks.
  • In a saucepan over lowest heat or in a double boiler, melt chocolate. Dip 1 end of cooled cookies into melted chocolate. Place back on cookie sheet to harden.

HAZELNUT SHORTBREAD STICKS



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Categories     Cookies     Chocolate     Nut     Dessert     Bake     Christmas     Edible Gift     Hazelnut     Bon Appétit     Kidney Friendly     Vegetarian     Pescatarian     Peanut Free     Soy Free     Kosher

Yield Makes about 20

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup finely ground husked toasted hazelnuts (about 2 ounces)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 ounces high-quality milk chocolate (such as Lindt or Perugina), chopped
1/3 cup coarsely chopped husked toasted hazelnuts

Steps:

  • Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 325°F. Line large baking sheet with parchment paper. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl to blend. Using electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in large bowl until smooth. Beat in 1/2 cup finely ground hazelnuts and vanilla. Beat in flour mixture until just combined.
  • Shape dough by tablespoonfuls into 3-inch-long logs. Place on prepared baking sheet, spacing 1 inch apart. Bake cookies until light golden brown around edges, about 20 minutes. Cool on baking sheet 5 minutes. Transfer to rack; cool cookies completely.
  • Stir milk chocolate in top of double boiler over barely simmering water until melted and smooth. Remove from over water. Place 1/3 cup coarsely chopped hazelnuts in small bowl. Dip 1 end of cookie into melted chocolate, then into coarsely chopped hazelnuts. Return to rack. Repeat with remaining cookies. Let stand until chocolate is set, about 1 hour. (Cookies can be made 2 days ahead. Store in airtight container at room temperature.)

CHOCOLATE-HAZELNUT SHORTBREAD SQUARES



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Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cookie Recipes

Time 3h25m

Yield Makes about 4 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
1/3 cup packed light-brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
1 cup all-purpose flour
2/3 cup heavy cream
1 pound bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
3 tablespoons Frangelico or other hazelnut liqueur
1/8 teaspoon coarse salt
1/2 cup hazelnuts, toasted, skins removed, and coarsely chopped
Unsweetened cocoa powder, for dusting

Steps:

  • Crust: Preheat oven to 375 degrees with rack in middle. Butter a 9-inch square cake pan. Line bottom and 2 sides with parchment, leaving a 1-inch overhang. Butter parchment.
  • With a mixer on medium speed, beat butter with brown sugar, vanilla, and salt until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Reduce speed to low; beat in flour until combined and a soft dough forms.
  • Spread dough in prepared pan, pressing evenly with the bottom of a dry-measure cup. Prick all over with a fork. Bake until golden, about 15 minutes. Let cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
  • Truffle: In a small saucepan, bring cream just to a boil over medium heat. Remove from heat; whisk in chocolate until melted and combined. Add liqueur and salt, whisking until blended, then stir in nuts. Let cool slightly.
  • Pour chocolate mixture evenly over cooled crust. Refrigerate, uncovered, until cold and set, about 2 hours.
  • Remove shortbread from pan using parchment; place on a cutting board. Dust top completely with cocoa powder. Cut into 48 squares, dipping knife in hot water and wiping clean before each slice. Refrigerate in a single layer until ready to serve, up to 1 week.

CHOCOLATE DIPPED HAZELNUT SHORTBREAD



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Provided by Dave Lieberman

Categories     dessert

Time 40m

Yield about 1 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup husked hazelnuts
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, room temperature
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 ounces good-quality semisweet chocolate

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Place hazelnuts on baking sheet. Bake until they're a shade darker and fragrant, about 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
  • Lower oven to 325 degrees F.
  • Place hazelnuts in blender or food processor and pulse to coarse bits; set aside. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt to blend; set aside.
  • Beat butter and sugar together with a wooden spoon until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Add the chopped hazelnuts and mix until distributed evenly throughout.
  • Form into approximately 1-inch by 2-inch long cookies and place on greased cookie sheets. Bake until firm, about 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on racks.
  • In a saucepan over lowest heat or in a double boiler, melt chocolate. Dip 1 end of cooled cookies into melted chocolate. Place back on cookie sheet to harden.
  • Serves: 12; Calories: 242; Total Fat:17 grams; Saturated Fat: 7 grams; Protein: 4 grams; Total carbohydrates: 21 grams; Sugar: 12 grams; Fiber: 2 grams; Cholesterol: 38 milligrams; Sodium: 124 milligrams

HAZELNUT SHORTBREAD BALLS



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Stack them high! Place a mound of these Hazelnut Shortbread Balls in your favorite serving dish, place them at the center of your table, and watch them disappear as your guests delightfully enjoy.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cookie Recipes

Yield Makes about 3 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 6

8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon coarse salt
1/2 cup confectioners’ or granulated sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (optional)
1/2 cup finely chopped hazelnuts (or pecans)

Steps:

  • Butter an 8 1/2-inch cake or springform pan; set aside. Sift together flour and salt into a small bowl; set aside. Place butter in bowl of electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment. Cream until fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add sugar, and continue to beat until very light in color and fluffy, occasionally scraping down the sides of the bowl with a spatula, about 2 minutes more. Add vanilla, if using. Add flour mixture, and combine on low speed, scraping with spatula if necessary, until flour is just incorporated and dough sticks together when squeezed with fingers.
  • Pat dough into prepared pan. If rolling out dough to cut into shapes, form into a flat disk; wrap in plastic. Chill until firm, at least 1 hour.
  • Add 1/2 cup finely chopped hazelnuts (or pecans) to creamed butter-and-sugar mixture. Roll dough into 1-inch balls with your hands; chill.
  • Heat oven to 325 degrees. Bake until firm and just starting to color, 20 to 25 minutes.

CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT SHORTBREAD



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We love hazelnut flavor and cookies that aren't too sweet, so this recipe is perfect for us! If you like your cookies on the sweeter side, bake up these crisp beauties and slather some Nutella between two to create an extra-special sandwich cookie. -Karla Johnson, East Helena, Montana

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 40m

Yield about 7-1/2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup Nutella
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 large egg, room temperature
3-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Dash salt
1/2 cup finely chopped hazelnuts
Additional confectioners' sugar, optional

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter, Nutella and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg. In another bowl, whisk flour, cinnamon and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Add hazelnuts; mix well., Divide dough in half; shape each into a disk. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/4-in. scalloped round cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until bottoms are light brown, 8-10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool. If desired, dust with confectioners' sugar.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 51 calories, Fat 3g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 7mg cholesterol, Sodium 33mg sodium, Carbohydrate 6g carbohydrate (2g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

HAZELNUT SHORTBREAD COOKIES



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This is a recipe that I learned in Austria, where it is a standard for the Christmas season. Western Austrians love hazelnuts, and use them in the majority of their baked goods. These are traditionally hand formed into half moon shapes, but I prefer to roll them into small balls and press a whole hazelnut into the top. Preparation time does not include chilling of dough.

Provided by greenery

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h10m

Yield 30 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

60 g hazelnuts
100 g unsalted butter, softened
40 g powdered sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon vanilla
135 g all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
30 whole hazelnuts (to garnish)

Steps:

  • If the hazelnuts are raw, toast them by spreading them out on a baking sheet and putting them in a 350 degree oven for ten minutes. Shake the pan a few times.
  • Put the flour and the toasted hazelnuts in a food processor together and run until the hazelnuts are completely ground up (you are basically making hazelnut flour). Combining the nuts with the flour makes the whole process neater.
  • Put all the ingredients into a large bowl.
  • Mix by hand, quickly. Don't overmix. You may see flecks of butter, that's okay.
  • Form into a ball, cover with plastic wrap, and cool in the refrigerator for two hours or overnight.
  • Work with half the dough at a time, keeping the rest refrigerated.
  • Roll the dough into an oblong, and then cut quickly into equal size pieces, the size of a large walnut. Each piece should be rolled briefly between the palms and then put on an ungreased cookie sheet. Press a whole hazelnut into the cookie, fairly deeply.
  • Bake ten minutes at 350 Fahrenheit. They should be very lightly browned when you take them out of the oven.
  • Let sit until cool. Sprinkle with additional powdered sugar.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 74.9, Fat 4.3, SaturatedFat 1.9, Cholesterol 13.5, Sodium 20.2, Carbohydrate 8.2, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 4.3, Protein 0.9

Tips:

  • Use high-quality ingredients, especially the butter, flour, and hazelnuts. This will make a big difference in the final flavor of the shortbread sticks.
  • Make sure the butter is cold before you start mixing it with the other ingredients. This will help to keep the shortbread sticks light and flaky.
  • Don't overmix the dough. Overmixing will make the shortbread sticks tough.
  • Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes before baking. This will help to prevent the shortbread sticks from spreading too much in the oven.
  • Bake the shortbread sticks until they are just golden brown. Overbaking will make them dry and crumbly.
  • Let the shortbread sticks cool completely before serving. This will help them to set and firm up.

Conclusion:

Hazelnut shortbread sticks are a delicious and easy-to-make treat that are perfect for any occasion. They are buttery, flaky, and full of hazelnut flavor. With just a few simple ingredients, you can make a batch of these cookies that will be sure to impress your friends and family.

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