Orange – hazelnut – slices

Ingredients for 60 servings:

• 300 g flour
• 200 g butter, soft
• 100 g powdered sugar
• 2 eggs, including the yolk
• 1 packet of baking powder
• 150 g hazelnuts, ground
• 150 g powdered sugar
• 1 orange(s), grated peel (use untreated!)
• 9 tbsp orange juice
• 120 g powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp water, hot
• 2 tbsp orange juice

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour; Rest time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 2 hours

nice moist Christmas cookies

Knead the dough ingredients (flour, butter, sugar, egg yolk, baking powder), shape into a ball, and chill for about 1 hour. Mix the filling ingredients until spreadable. Halve the dough and roll each piece out between sheets of cling film into a rectangle (approx. 21 x 31 cm). Chill these dough sheets in the cling film again (10 mins). Place one sheet of dough on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and spread the nut mixture on it (with a knife or spatula). Place the second sheet of dough on top and press down. Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C on the second rack from the bottom for about 20 minutes. Remove from the oven. Glaze: Mix together the powdered sugar, hot water, and orange juice and immediately spread it over the dough (it will sink in, so feel free to add everything). While still warm, carefully cut into approximately 3 x 3 cm squares with a large knife (the sheet is brittle!). It works well if you dip the knife in hot water after each cut. If you like, you can decorate the cooled cookies with powdered sugar icing, but it’s not necessary. Store the cookies in an airtight container, otherwise they’ll dry out. Makes about 60 cookies.