Nougat Cookies

Prep: 15min
| Servings: 45 | Cook: 15min
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Nougat cookies are a recipe with fresh ingredients from the pastry category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 100 g butter
  • 50 g powdered sugar
  • 50 g ground hazelnuts
  • 100 g flour
  • 1 tsp ground cloves
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 100 g ground hazelnuts
  • 250 g soft nut nougat

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Knead a smooth shortcrust dough from the listed ingredients. Wrap in cling film and chill for 1 hour.

  2. 2.

    Shape dough into balls, about 7 g each. Place on parchment-lined tray with space between them. Using a spoon handle, press a shallow indentation into each ball, roll the cookies briefly in ground hazelnuts, then bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C for about 12–15 minutes. Let cool.

  3. 3.

    Fill a piping bag with medium nozzle and pipe nougat into the center of each cookie.