Hazelnut christmas balls
1 Batch
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Shortening |
| ¼ | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | Beaten egg yolk | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Grated lemon peel |
| 1 | tablespoon | Grated orange peel |
| 1 | teaspoon | Lemon juice |
| 1 | cup | Cake flour |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | Slightly beaten egg white | |
| ½ | cup | Finely diced hazelnuts (Oregon hazelnuts) |
| 9 | Candied cherries | |
Directions
Cream shortening with sugar. Add egg yolk, orange and lemon peels, and lemon juice. Beat until fluffy. Add flour and salt. Chill dough for approximately 1 hour. Form small balls with teaspoon. Dip in egg white and roll in chopped nuts. Press half candied cherry in each cookie. Bake at 375 for 1 minute.
* COOKFDN brings you this recipe with permission from: * Oregon Hazelnut Industry and The Hazelnut Marketing Board