{"id":514,"date":"2008-12-17T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-17T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=514"},"modified":"2009-03-12T20:03:31","modified_gmt":"2009-03-13T01:03:31","slug":"hazelnut-orange-shortbread-cookies-a-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=514","title":{"rendered":"Hazelnut Orange Shortbread Cookies & A Giveaway!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember the nice folks at Oh Nuts!<\/a> who sent me some samples to try and blog about? Well, they are even nicer than we thought at first – now they want to give some samples to one of you! I will likely be doing some more recipes using their products, but we wanted to get this giveaway in this week. More details on that in a minute, but first – the recipe!<\/p>\n

The third bag of nuts contained toasted hazelnuts – a personal favorite, so I wanted to come up with something really special. If you don’t have hazelnuts, any other nuts [or no nuts at all if tht is how you roll] will work very nicely. I still have some macadamias and the Macadamia Lime Bars<\/a> were so good that I might try a Lime Macadamia Shortbread variation – or Lemon Pecan Shortbread maybe. Today though, we using these crunchy, toasty little gems.\"nuts\"<\/p>\n

Nothing is easier to make than shortbread. Just a few ingredients, a simple preparation and you have something unbelievably delicious. You can use 2 cups of flour instead of the 1\/2 cup of cornstarch, but cornstarch gives you a lighter, crisper texture and I think they even stay fresh longer.<\/p>\n

First, in medium sized bowl, mix and set aside
\n1 & 1\/2 cups all purpose flour
\n1\/2 cup cornstarch
\n1\/2 teaspoon table salt [not kosher]
\n1\/2 cup coarsly chopped toasted hazelnuts\"ingred\"In a larger bowl, cream together
\n2 sticks [1 cup] butter
\nfreshly grated zest of 1 orange\"sugar_in\"Add and cream for about 2 minutes
\n1\/2 cup confectioners [10x] sugar<\/p>\n

Add and beat another minute
\n1 & 1\/2 teaspoons vanilla<\/p>\n

Mix the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture and fold together until combined. Don’t over mix here, but make sure everything is well incorporated.\"dry_in\"Pat out into a flattened square and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for at least 2 hours, or up to about 3 days.\"dough_chill\"Roll out on floured surface to about 1\/3 inch thickness, and cut into desired shapes. I used a tiny jam jar for the round shapes and a dough cutter to cut squares.\"cut_out\"Bake at 350\u00ba for about 8 to 10 minutes – they should have just the very tiniest hint of brown – if they get more than that, they will be overdone.\"cooling\"Cool on racks for an hour or so. They are wonderful just like this\"squares500\"Or, you can melt together 4 ounces of chopped bittersweet chocolate, 1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon orange zest. [I grate this the day before and let it dry out – makes yummy little chewy bits in the glaze] You can melt this in the microwave – do it for 10 seconds and stir well – if not well melted, try another 5 seconds, stir and then maybe another 5 seconds. I can’t give you exact times because all microwaves are different and to me, it is better to be cautious and only heat a little at a time than it is to burn it and have to start over. Dip the cooled cookies and allow to dry completely before storing in a sealed container.\"w_choc\"Yum\"plated_choc500\"<\/p>\n

And now to the giveaway. Sam is going to send the winner a pound of nuts, a pound of dried fruit and a pound of candy – winner’s choice! Go to the Oh Nuts!<\/a> website and look around a little. What would you choose if you won? Come back and tell us in the comments. The winner will be chosen by random draw from all the comments left between now and Friday at 12:00noon EST, winner to be announced Friday afternoon. US addresses only please.<\/p>\n

\"website\"And did you enter the calendar magnet giveaway<\/a> yet today? The winners for Monday and Tuesday are already chosen – if you want to be eligible today, you have to comment again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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