"These decorative cookies make beautiful and tasty gifts. An important tip: be sure to chop the nuts and chocolate very fine in a food processor, or the dough will be too rough-textured to roll out smoothly. You need a graduated set of heart-shaped cookie cutters to make these. ..."
INGREDIENTS
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2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
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1 cup cornstarch
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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3 sticks butter, soft
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1 cup confectioners' sugar
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1 large egg, at room temperature
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1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
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2 cups toasted, skinned, and very finely chopped hazelnuts
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6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, very finely chopped
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1/2 cup seedless raspberry jam
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1/2 cup confectioners' sugar for sifting