Ingredients

  • 23 cup white sugar
  • 1 34 cups all-purpose flour
  • 14 teaspoon salt
  • 12 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 14 teaspoons black pepper
  • 5 tablespoons room temperature butter
  • 1 12 cups toasted chopped hazelnuts
  • 2 large beaten eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

  • In a food processor place, sugar, flour, powder, salt and pepper.
  • Add in the butter until coarse crumbs.
  • Dump into a bowl with the remaining ingredients, and combine into a dough with hands.
  • If you find it too dry keep working it.
  • Make dough into four logs, and place on parchment lined sheets.
  • Bake 350 degrees 14 minutes.
  • Remove, cool, and then slice.
  • Toast on each side again for five minutes each.
  • The easiest way to bakke the second time is to put on a cookie rack instead of the sheet, and place in oven for about 8 minutes -- this way both sides will be dried at the same time and no flipping over.