Chocolate Hazelnut Spiced Cookies Recipes

HAZELNUT CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour and cocoa; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in ground hazelnuts. , Shape dough into twenty-four 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Press a whole hazelnut onto the center of each., Bake cookies 15-19 minutes or until firm to the touch. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Dust cookies with confectioners' sugar.

CHOCOLATE-HAZELNUT SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat to 325 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Spread the hazelnuts on a small baking sheet and bake until lightly browned, about 12 minutes. Let cool. Transfer the hazelnuts to a resealable plastic bag and finely crush with a rolling pin.
• Whisk the crushed hazelnuts with the flour, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the egg, then the milk, then the hazelnut liqueur, beating well after each addition. Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the flour mixture until just combined (the consistency will be more like a thick batter than a cookie dough).
• Transfer the dough to a large resealable plastic bag. Cut a 1/2-inch opening at one corner. Pipe 1-inch mounds about 1 1/2 inches apart on the prepared pans. Tap each pan on the counter a few times to flatten the mounds slightly. Sprinkle half of the mounds with coarse sugar (these will be the tops).
• Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until the cookies are flattened and the edges are golden, 18 to 22 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes on the pans, then transfer to racks to cool completely. Sandwich the chocolate-hazelnut spread between the cookies.

CHOCOLATE-HAZELNUT SNOWBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350˚ F. Spread the hazelnuts on a baking sheet and bake on the lower rack until lightly toasted, about 10 minutes. Let cool completely, about 20 minutes.
• Pulse the hazelnuts in a food processor until finely ground. Add the flour, cocoa powder and salt and pulse to combine.
• Beat the butter in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar and the vanilla; beat on low speed until combined, then increase the speed to medium high and beat until well combined. Reduce the speed to low again, add the flour mixture and beat until combined. Beat in the chopped chocolate. Cover the dough and refrigerate until slightly firm, about 30 minutes.
• Scoop heaping tablespoonfuls of dough and roll into balls. Arrange about 2 inches apart on 2 unlined baking sheets. Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until the cookies spread slightly, have a matte finish and look slightly darker around the edges, 18 to 24 minutes. Let the cookies cool 5 minutes on the pans, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
• Put the remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar in a medium bowl. Gently roll the cookies in the sugar to coat completely, rerolling as needed. Dust the tops of the cookies with cocoa powder.

CHOCOLATE-HAZELNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Line 2 baking sheets with nonstick baking mats or parchment paper; set aside.
• Melt 2 cups chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl set over (but not touching) simmering water. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy, occasionally scraping down sides of bowl, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition; mixture may appear curdled at this point. Add vanilla and mix until combined. With the mixer on medium, slowly add melted chocolate; mix until incorporated. With the mixer on low, add reserved flour mixture and mix until combined. Fold in remaining chocolate chips, hazelnuts, and cherries.
• Using a 2-inch ice-cream scoop, scoop dough onto prepared baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart; using the palm of your hand, press down to flatten slightly. Transfer to refrigerator until chilled, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake cookies until set, but still soft, about 15 minutes, rotating pans halfway through baking. Let cookies cool for 5 minutes on baking sheets before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

SALTED COCOA-HAZELNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.
• In another bowl, using an electric mixer, beat together butter and sugar on medium-high until the mixture is superlight, fluffy and pale, about 2 to 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add in the eggs, 1 at a time, and vanilla extract, and beat until everything is well combined, about 2 minutes.
• Add dry ingredients all at once, and mix on low until almost incorporated. Add hazelnuts, and continue to mix until just fully incorporated.
• Scrape dough out of mixer, and divide it into 2 pieces onto cling wrap. Wrap each piece in cling wrap and roll them into logs about 1 1/2 to 2 inches in diameter, and 12 inches long.
• Refrigerate the logs at least 2 hours, or up to 5 days.
• Heat oven to 325 degrees.
• Brush the outside of each log of dough with egg wash. Sprinkle sanding sugar (Demerara or regular granulated sugar also work here) onto a piece of parchment paper, and roll the logs in it. Slice log crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
• Place dough slices on parchment-lined baking sheets 1 inch apart, and sprinkle with flaky salt. Bake until the edges are just set and cookies are baked through (difficult to tell with chocolate cookies, but the center should feel set when pressed gently), 12 to 15 minutes.

CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl stir cookie mix, butter, hazelnut spread and egg until soft dough forms. Stir in hazelnuts. Onto ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart.
• Bake 8 to 11 minutes or until edges are set. Cool 1 to 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely.
• In small resealable freezer plastic bag, place white chips and oil; seal bag. Microwave on High 45 to 60 seconds, turning bag over after 25 seconds. Squeeze bag until chips are melted and smooth. Cut off tiny corner of bag; squeeze bag to drizzle melted chips over cookies. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set.

CHOCOLATE-HAZELNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Place racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 300°F. Toast hazelnuts on a rimmed baking sheet on upper rack, tossing halfway through, until golden brown, 8-10 minutes. Let cool slightly, then chop very coarsely; set aside. Increase oven temperature to 350°F.
• Whisk flour, kosher salt, baking powder, baking soda, and ginger in a large bowl to combine. Beat butter, granulated sugar, raw sugar, and brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on high speed, scraping down sides of bowl occasionally, until pale and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Reduce speed to medium-high and add eggs, one at a time, increasing speed to high after each addition to fully incorporate and stopping periodically to scrape down sides of bowl. Add honey and vanilla and beat just to combine. Reduce speed to low and add dry ingredients; beat until combined. Add chocolate and reserved nuts and beat just until incorporated.
• Scoop dough into 1½-oz. portions (about 3 Tbsp.); roll into balls (if the batter feels loose or sticky, chill 30 minutes). Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Chill until firm, at least 2 hours.
• Arrange chilled cookies on 2 fresh parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 2" apart; you should be able to fit about 12 cookies on each. Sprinkle cookies with sea salt. Bake, rotating top to bottom and front to back halfway through, until bottoms and edges are golden brown, 12-15 minutes. Let cool on baking sheets. Place a fresh sheet of parchment on 1 baking sheet and repeat process with remaining balls of dough.
• Do Ahead: Dough can be made 1 month ahead. Transfer chilled balls to resealable freezer bags and freeze. Bake from frozen.

DOUBLE DARK CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Beat butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add sugar and salt; beat until combined. Beat in egg and vanilla extract until well-blended. Blend in melted chocolate, cocoa powder, and espresso. Mix in flour gradually, until batter is smooth. Fold in chocolate chips, chopped hazelnuts, and ground hazelnuts.
• Drop heaping tablespoons of cookie batter 2 inches apart onto baking sheets. Use the back of a wet fork to flatten each cookie slightly, making a crisscross pattern.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set and edges start to darken, about 15 minutes. Let cool a few minutes before serving.

CHOCOLATE-HAZELNUT SPREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine the graham cracker crumbs, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl; add the egg, vanilla, and chocolate-hazelnut spread and mix by hand until well blended. Form the mixture into 1 1/2-inch balls and place on a baking sheet 2 inches apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crispy on the outside, 8 to 10 minutes. Allow to rest on cookie sheet a few minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIP HAZELNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Coarsely chop 1/2 cup hazelnuts; set aside. Melt 2 tablespoons butter. In a food processor, combine melted butter and remaining hazelnuts. Cover and process until the mixture forms a crumbly paste; set aside., In a bowl, cream the remaining butter. Beat in the sugars. Add egg and vanilla; beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in ground hazelnut mixture until blended. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to batter and mix just until combined. Stir in chips and reserved chopped hazelnuts., Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2-in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake until lightly browned, 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.