Viennese Hazelnut Butter Thins

==Description==
36 cookies. 2 hours preparation.
===Ingredients===
*1 	cup Hazelnuts 	
*1 1/4 	cups All-Purpose Flour 	
*1/4 	teaspoon salt 	
*1 1/4 	cups powdered sugar 	
*1 	cup Butter, softened 	
*1 	egg 	
*1 	teaspoon Vanilla 	
*1 	cup semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
===Directions===
* Preheat oven to 350°F.
* To remove skins from hazelnuts, spread in single layer on baking sheet.
* Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until toasted and skins begin to flake off; let cool slightly.
* Wrap hazelnuts in heavy kitchen towel; rub against towel to remove as much of the skins as possible.
* Place hazelnuts in food processor.
* Process using on/off pulsing action until hazelnuts are ground but not pasty.
* Combine flour and salt in small bowl.
* Beat powdered sugar and butter in medium bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy.
* Beat in egg and vanilla Gradually add flour mixture 
* Beat in ground hazelnuts at low speed until well blended.
* Place dough on sheet of waxed paper.
* Using waxed paper to hold dough, roll back and forth to form log 12 inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide.
* Wrap log in plastic wrap; refrigerate until firm, at least 2 hours or up to 48 hours.
* Preheat oven to 350°F Cut dough into 1/4-inch-thick slices; place on ungreased cookie sheets.
* Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are very lightly browned.
* Let cookies stand on cookie sheets 1 minute.
* Remove cookies to wire racks-cool completely.
* Place chocolate chips in 2-cup glass measure.
* Microwave at HIGH 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until melted, stirring after 1 minute and at 30-second intervals after first minute.
* Dip cookies into chocolate coating about 1/2 of each cookie.
* Transfer cookies to waxed paper; let stand at room temperature 1 hour or until set.
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==See also==
Category:Austrian Snacks
Category:Snacks
Category:Recipes
Category:Austrian Recipes
category:flour Recipes
category:hazelnut meal Recipes
category:carob chips Recipes
category:powdered sugar Recipes
category:chocolate Recipes
category:vanilla powder Recipes
category:butter Recipes
category:salt Recipes
category:egg Recipes
category:hazelnut Recipes