Chocolate Hazelnut Cutout Cookies (Nocciolini)

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Photo: Alex Farnum; Styling: Robyn Valarik
Total Time
2 Hours 15 Mins
Yield
Makes 54 sandwich cookies
By Lynn Lloyd, Mt. Shasta, CA
December 2011
RECIPE BY Sunset

Cornstarch gives these cookies a delicate, sandy texture. You could also fill them with thick caramel or frosting.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup cornstarch
  • 1 3/4 cups flour
  • 3/4 to 1 cup chocolate hazelnut spread such as Nutella

Nutritional Information

  • Calories 83
  • Caloriesfromfat 52%
  • Protein 0.7g
  • Fat 4.9g
  • Satfat 2.4g
  • Carbohydrate 9g
  • Fiber 0.4g
  • Sodium 26mg
  • Cholesterol 9.1mg

How to Make It

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°. Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl with a stand mixer until well blended, or whirl in a food processor. Add cornstarch and flour and beat on low speed, or whirl, until dough comes together and is very smooth.

Step 2

Divide dough in half. Roll each portion between sheets of parchment paper into a 1/8-in.-thick round. Stack and freeze rounds on a baking sheet until dough is firm enough to cut, about 20 minutes.

Step 3

Lift off parchment, cut dough with a floured 1 1/2- to 2-in.-wide cutter, and transfer to ungreased baking sheets, spacing slightly apart. Gather scraps, refreeze, and reroll as needed.

Step 4

Bake cookies until light golden, 10 to 14 minutes, switching pan positions halfway through baking. Transfer to racks to cool.

Step 5

Spread half of cookies on flat sides with a generous coat of chocolate hazelnut spread, then top each with a second cookie.

Step 6

Make ahead: Up to 3 days, stored airtight.

Step 7

Note: Nutritional analaysis is per 1 1/2-in. sandwich cookie.

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Ratings & Reviews

RebeccaT78's Review

FoodieSandi
December 21, 2013
I LOVE the texture of these cookies! Making a full recipe, I used the floured rim of a shot glass to cut out the rounds for sandwiches. I use Nutella mostly, but have also made these with Trader Joe's cookie butter. These cookies are now in my holiday cookie baking!

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RebeccaT78
April 02, 2012
These cookies are great! Yummy, easy, fun to make. I used Trader Joe's almond/cocoa spread in the middle. My only complaint is the yield. I made 1/2 a recipe, so I should end up with 27 sandwiches, right? Well, I ended up with about 20, and that was using a 1" round cookie cutter. No way could I have gotten more than 10 or 12 with a larger, square cutter, as the recipe suggests.