Dessert

chocolate hazelnut spiced cookies is for Dessert.

chocolate hazelnut spiced cookies takes 45 minutes to prepare.

chocolate hazelnut spiced cookies takes 15 minutes to cook.

chocolate hazelnut spiced cookies makes 30 servings.

The ingredients for chocolate hazelnut spiced cookies are:

For cookies
1 1/2 cups hazelnuts (9 ounces), toasted , loose skins rubbed off in a kitchen towel while still warm, and nuts cooled completely
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-process)
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
3 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
1 tablespoon hazelnut-flavored liqueur
(preferably Frangelico)

For icing
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-process)
3 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon hazelnut-flavored liqueur

Here is how you make chocolate hazelnut spiced cookies:

Make cookies:Preheat oven to 325°F with rack in middle. Butter a large baking sheet.Pulse hazelnuts, sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and cloves in a food processor until nuts are finely chopped, then add butter and zest and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal with some small (roughly pea-size) butter lumps. Add juice and liqueur and pulse until dough comes together into a ball but is still crumbly. Form level tablespoons of dough into balls and flatten to about 1 1/2 inches in diameter, arranging 1 inch apart on baking sheet.Bake cookies until puffed and slightly cracked, about 15 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool completely.Make icing while cookies cool:Whisk together all icing ingredients until smooth.Dip tops of cooled cookies into icing and transfer to a wax-paper-lined baking sheet. Let stand until icing is set, about 1 hour.Cooks' note: Cookies keep, layered between sheets of parchment paper, in an airtight container at room temperature 4 days. Number of Servings: 30Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user VIRTUOSO12.

The nutritional information for chocolate hazelnut spiced cookies is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 30
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 96.5

• Total Fat: 5.7 g
• Cholesterol: 3.1 mg
• Sodium: 0.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 11.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.7 g
• Protein: 1.8 g