Hazelnut bars

Name: Hazelnut bars
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 80
Ingredients: 3 Eggs (size M); 2 Egg Yolk; 150 g Icing sugar; 250 g soft butter or margarine; 7-10 Tbsp grated rind of 1 untreated lemon; 1/2 packet (7.5 g) Gingerbread spice; 350 g Flour; 125 g shelled and unshelled hazelnuts; 7-10 Tbsp Flour; baking paper

AUTHOR
Xavier Baldwin

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
105 mins

TOTAL TIME
105 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 80

3 Eggs (size M)
2 Egg Yolk
150 g Icing sugar
250 g soft butter or margarine
7-10 Tbsp grated rind of 1 untreated lemon
1/2 packet (7.5 g) Gingerbread spice
350 g Flour
125 g shelled and unshelled hazelnuts
7-10 Tbsp Flour
baking paper

Directions

1
Boil the eggs for 10-12 minutes until hard, then rinse with cold water and peel. Halve the eggs, remove the egg yolk and pass through a fine sieve into a mixing bowl. Mix with 1 raw egg yolk and sieved icing sugar.
2
Add fat, lemon peel and gingerbread spice and stir until creamy. Add flour and work vigorously with the dough hooks of the hand mixer. Quickly work into a smooth dough with cool hands, cover and chill for about 30 minutes.
3
Roll out the dough on a work surface sprinkled with flour to a thickness of approx. 1 cm and cut into sticks approx. 1 cm wide and 8 cm long. Press 3 hazelnuts onto each strip of dough. Place on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
4
Whisk the rest of the egg yolk and 1 teaspoon of water and brush the sticks with it. Bake in the preheated oven (electric: 175 °C/ gas: level 2) for 12-15 minutes. Results in about 80 pieces.