Hazelnut Shortbread Trees Recipe

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Hazelnut Shortbread Trees
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Directions:

  1. Beat butter, rind and sifted icing sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Transfer to large bowl. Stir in sifted flours and spice, add hazelnut meal in 2 batches.
  2. Knead dough on floured surface until smooth. roll dough between sheets of baking paper until 5mm thick, refrigerate 30 minutes.
  3. Preheat oven to 180/160°C fan-forced. Grease oven trays or line with baking paper.
  4. Using 3cm, 5cm, 7cm star shaped cutters cut 24 of each size star from dough. Place small stars about 1cm apart on an oven tray, place remaining stars about 2 cm apart on oven tray.
  5. Bake small stars about 10 minutes, Bake larger stars about 15 minutes, Stand 5 minutes, cool on wire racks.
  6. Meanwhile, make brandy butter cream.
  7. Sandwich two of each size cookie with butter cream. Assemble trees by joining three different size stars together with butter cream.
  8. Decorate trees by joinin cachous to stars with a tiny dot of butter cream, Dust trees with extra icing sugar.
  9. Brandy Butter Cream.
  10. Beat butter, rind , sifted icing sugar and brandy in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1031.2 Kcal (4317 kJ)
Calories from fat 590 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 65.56g 101%
Cholesterol 111.08mg 37%
Sodium 1272.01mg 53%
Potassium 191.67mg 4%
Total Carbs 99.47g 33%
Sugars 14.26g 57%
Dietary Fiber 8.7g 35%
Protein 13.86g 28%
Vitamin C 2.3mg 4%
Vitamin A 0.5mg 17%
Iron 6mg 33%
Calcium 211.9mg 21%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 496.11 Kcal (2077 kJ)
Calories from fat 283.85 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 31.54g 101%
Cholesterol 53.44mg 37%
Sodium 611.96mg 53%
Potassium 92.21mg 4%
Total Carbs 47.85g 33%
Sugars 6.86g 57%
Dietary Fiber 4.19g 35%
Protein 6.67g 28%
Vitamin C 1.1mg 4%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 17%
Iron 2.9mg 33%
Calcium 102mg 21%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 25.3
    Points
  • 28
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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