Chocolate Hazelnut Spiced Cookies
Decadent chocolate cookies made with toasted hazelnuts and warm spices, finished with a chocolate-hazelnut liqueur icing. These sophisticated cookies combine the rich flavors of cocoa, orange zest, and Frangelico with aromatic cinnamon and cloves.
Ingredients
- •1½ cups hazelnuts
- •¾ cup sugar
- •½ cup all-purpose flour
- •½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- •1 teaspoon baking soda
- •¾ teaspoon salt
- •½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- •⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
- •3 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
- •1 tablespoon grated orange zest
- •3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- •1 tablespoon hazelnut-flavored liqueur
- •½ cup confectioners sugar
- •½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- •3 tablespoons water
- •1 tablespoon hazelnut-flavored liqueur
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Preheat oven to 325°F with rack in middle. Butter a large baking sheet.
5 min
- 2.
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.
15 min
- 3.
Bake cookies until puffed and slightly cracked, about 15 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool completely.
15 min
- 4.
Whisk together all icing ingredients until smooth.
5 min
- 5.
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.
60 min
