Nut Cookies (Pecan or Hazelnut) Draft

Name: Nut Cookies (Pecan or Hazelnut)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 1 cup fresh pecans; 2½ cups all-purpose flour; ½ cup sugar; 2 packages vanilla sugar (Israeli packets, about 20 g total); 1 lb butter (200 g packages, 450 g total); ¾ cup hazelnuts (instead of the pecans); 1 orange zest (from 1 orange); ½ cup sugar

Butter cookies with ground nuts that I make with pecans or with hazelnuts and orange zest, coated in sugar before baking.

Prep20 min
Cook15 min
Total35 min
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What you need

Amount:×1

Pecan cookies

1 cup fresh pecans
2½ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup sugar
2 packages vanilla sugar, Israeli packets, about 20 g total
1 lb butter, 200 g packages, 450 g total

Hazelnut version

¾ cup hazelnuts, instead of the pecans (optional)
1 orange zest, from 1 orange (optional)

Coating

½ cup sugar

How I make it

Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
Grind the nuts in a food processor, stopping before they turn to powder.
Add the remaining ingredients (and the orange zest for the hazelnut version) and process for 2-3 minutes, until a dough forms.
Shape rounds about ¾ inch (2 cm) across, flatten each one lightly, dip in the sugar and place on the baking sheets.
Bake for about 15 minutes.

What I've learned

For hazelnut cookies I swap the pecans for the same weight of hazelnuts and add the zest of one orange; everything else stays the same.

Source: ChefEf (chefef.com)