spiced hazelnut crescent cookies

How To Make spiced hazelnut crescent cookies

• 1

  Preheat oven to 160C.
• 2

  Using a large bowl, sieve the flour into it.
• 3

  Cut the cold butter into the flour and mix.
• 4

  Next add the powdered sugar, ground cinnamon, nutmeg and mace, the ground hazelnuts and the whole egg.
• 5

  To help knead the mixture into a dough quickly, you will need to rinse your hands in cold water. It helps the dough to cling together easily.
• 6

  Wrap the dough and chill for half an hour.
• 7

  Form the dough into thumb thick rolls and cut into 1 cm wide pieces.
• 8

  Now roll and form the dough into crescents.
• 9

  Bake in a 160° Celsius oven for 10-15 minutes, or until the cookies are light gold in color.
• 10

  Mix the powdered sugar and vanilla sugar together, well.
• 11

  Roll or sprinkle the powdered sugar mixture on the cookies. You want to do this while the cookies are hot, it will stick easier.
• 12

  You can decide how much sugar you want on the cookies, if you want more, roll them again. Hope you will enjoy this lovely treat.
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